Climate averages 1991–2020

Xinle weather
in May.

A hot, 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.

Average high 28.7°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 14.9°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 34 mm 5 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Xinle · average highYear overview

May is a hot month in Xinle: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 14.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 14 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhengding (25 km away). In May its highs average 28.6°C, about as warm as Xinle, with 36 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xinle ranks joint 73rd of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 47th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Xinle is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.

From May to June, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 33.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 34 mm to 62 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -10-50510152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Xinle climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Xinle, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 3.8°C-6.7°C-6.7°C2.60.99.810 h
February 7.9°C-4.2°C-4.2°C5.01.410.711 h
March 15.0°C0.8°C0.8°C8.51.911.912 h
April 22.7°C8.3°C8.3°C263.813.213 h
May, selected 28.7°C14.9°C14.9°C345.414.214 h
June 33.0°C20.5°C20.5°C627.514.815 h
July 32.5°C22.9°C22.9°C16713.314.615 h
August 30.1°C21.3°C21.3°C13412.413.714 h
September 26.7°C16.1°C16.1°C536.712.512 h
October 20.8°C9.0°C9.0°C264.111.211 h
November 11.9°C0.2°C0.2°C142.710.110 h
December 5.0°C-5.4°C-5.4°C2.80.89.610 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

Distance from Xinle

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Xinle) is explained once on the Xinle year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.