Climate averages 1991–2020
Xianyang weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Xianyang: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 14.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 56 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xi’an (23 km away). In May its highs average 26.2°C, about as warm as Xianyang, with 71 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xianyang ranks joint 423rd of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 368th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Xianyang is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 74 mm to 101 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Xianyang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.1°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 13 | 3.3 | 10.110 h |
| February | 9.7°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 19 | 4.1 | 10.911 h |
| March | 15.3°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 34 | 6.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.7°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 46 | 7.0 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 26.1°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 74 | 8.2 | 13.914 h |
| June | 30.0°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 101 | 7.7 | 14.414 h |
| July | 31.1°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 161 | 10.4 | 14.214 h |
| August | 29.7°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 138 | 10.8 | 13.413 h |
| September | 24.5°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 144 | 12.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.1°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 86 | 10.4 | 11.411 h |
| November | 13.2°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 39 | 6.9 | 10.410 h |
| December | 7.6°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 13 | 3.1 | 9.910 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Xi’an in MayChina · 23 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 14.2°C · 71 mm rain
- Lintong in MayChina · 47 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 14.8°C · 50 mm rain
- Tongchuan in MayChina · 66 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 13.9°C · 51 mm rain
- Weinan in MayChina · 76 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 15.1°C · 53 mm rain
- Tongchuanshi in MayChina · 89 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 14.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Guozhen in MayChina · 123 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 13.0°C · 106 mm rain
- Shangluo in MayChina · 125 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 13.4°C · 71 mm rain
- Huayin in MayChina · 128 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 15.8°C · 93 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 Xianyang) is explained once on the Xianyang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.