Climate averages 1991–2020
Wuwei weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest 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 Wuwei: daytime highs average 22.5°C and nights cool to about 7.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 12 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jinchang (74 km away). In May its highs average 23.3°C, 0.7°C warmer than Wuwei, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Wuwei ranks joint 720th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 20th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Wuwei is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 17 mm to 24 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
Wuwei climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.4°C-11.0°C | -11.0°C | 1.7 | 0.7 | 9.910 h |
| February | 3.6°C-7.6°C | -7.6°C | 2.1 | 0.8 | 10.811 h |
| March | 10.0°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 5.3 | 1.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.4°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 9.2 | 2.6 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 22.5°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 17 | 4.3 | 14.214 h |
| June | 26.7°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 24 | 4.9 | 14.715 h |
| July | 28.3°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 43 | 6.5 | 14.515 h |
| August | 26.6°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 44 | 7.3 | 13.614 h |
| September | 21.3°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 37 | 8.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 15.0°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 14 | 3.5 | 11.211 h |
| November | 7.6°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 2.6 | 0.8 | 10.210 h |
| December | 1.3°C-8.9°C | -8.9°C | 1.2 | 0.5 | 9.610 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
- Jinchang in MayChina · 74 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 9.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Qiaotou in MayChina · 139 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 2.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Nianbo in MayChina · 162 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 8.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Xining in MayChina · 164 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 6.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Baiyin in MayChina · 205 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 9.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Zhangye in MayChina · 220 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 6.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Zhongwei in MayChina · 230 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 11.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Lanzhou in MayChina · 234 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 10.7°C · 44 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 Wuwei) is explained once on the Wuwei year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.