Climate averages 1991–2020
Xinxiang weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet 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 hot month in Xinxiang: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 15.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 00 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhengzhou (50 km away). In May its highs average 28.3°C, about as warm as Xinxiang, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xinxiang ranks joint 124th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 118th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Xinxiang is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 32.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 45 mm to 61 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
Xinxiang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.4°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 6.1 | 1.7 | 10.110 h |
| February | 10.1°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 11 | 2.2 | 10.911 h |
| March | 16.0°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 17 | 3.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.6°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 32 | 4.0 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 28.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 45 | 5.3 | 14.014 h |
| June | 32.1°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 61 | 6.3 | 14.514 h |
| July | 31.8°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 153 | 12.5 | 14.314 h |
| August | 30.1°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 114 | 11.6 | 13.513 h |
| September | 26.6°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 60 | 7.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.7°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 29 | 4.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.4°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 22 | 4.0 | 10.410 h |
| December | 8.2°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 7.2 | 1.9 | 9.810 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
- Zhengzhou in MayChina · 50 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 16.4°C · 58 mm rain
- Jiaozuo in MayChina · 51 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 15.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Kaifeng in MayChina · 63 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.3°C · 55 mm rain
- Hebi in MayChina · 75 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 16.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Jincheng in MayChina · 94 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 12.7°C · 48 mm rain
- Jiyuan in MayChina · 111 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 15.2°C · 52 mm rain
- Anyang in MayChina · 114 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 15.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Yuzhou in MayChina · 119 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 61 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 Xinxiang) is explained once on the Xinxiang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.