Climate averages 1991–2020
Wusu weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the wettest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Wusu: daytime highs average 22.7°C and nights cool to about 12.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 46 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shihezi (109 km away). In May its highs average 25.7°C, 3.0°C warmer than Wusu, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Wusu ranks joint 708th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 186th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Wusu is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.0°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 55 mm to 28 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Wusu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -8.0°C-12.7°C | -12.7°C | 4.1 | 1.2 | 9.39 h |
| February | -3.2°C-9.0°C | -9.0°C | 6.0 | 1.7 | 10.410 h |
| March | 6.6°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 22 | 4.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.0°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 43 | 7.4 | 13.413 h |
| May, selected | 22.7°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 55 | 8.0 | 14.815 h |
| June | 27.7°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 28 | 5.9 | 15.515 h |
| July | 29.5°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 32 | 6.1 | 15.215 h |
| August | 28.0°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 34 | 5.9 | 14.014 h |
| September | 22.1°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 29 | 5.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.5°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 33 | 5.8 | 11.011 h |
| November | 3.5°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 19 | 3.8 | 9.710 h |
| December | -5.0°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 5.4 | 1.7 | 8.99 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Shihezi in MayChina · 109 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 11.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Karamay in MayChina · 129 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 14.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Xinyuan in MayChina · 160 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 6.2°C · 80 mm rain
- Bole in MayChina · 212 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 10.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Changji in MayChina · 215 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 11.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Wujiaqu in MayChina · 228 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 12.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Ürümqi in MayChina · 244 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 9.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Ghulja in MayChina · 274 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 10.2°C · 40 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Wusu) is explained once on the Wusu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.