Climate averages 1991–2020
Xinyuan weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Xinyuan: daytime highs average 20.3°C and nights cool to about 6.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 80 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 40 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wusu (160 km away). In May its highs average 22.7°C, 2.4°C warmer than Xinyuan, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xinyuan ranks joint 799th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 412th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Xinyuan is 4.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 23.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 80 mm to 71 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
Xinyuan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.1°C-16.3°C | -16.3°C | 19 | 5.0 | 9.49 h |
| February | 4.1°C-13.2°C | -13.2°C | 21 | 5.6 | 10.510 h |
| March | 9.6°C-6.4°C | -6.4°C | 37 | 8.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.1°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 70 | 11.3 | 13.413 h |
| May, selected | 20.3°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 80 | 12.1 | 14.715 h |
| June | 23.5°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 71 | 11.0 | 15.415 h |
| July | 25.5°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 65 | 9.1 | 15.115 h |
| August | 25.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 51 | 8.3 | 14.014 h |
| September | 21.5°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 43 | 7.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.0°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 42 | 7.7 | 11.111 h |
| November | 7.8°C-6.2°C | -6.2°C | 38 | 7.3 | 9.710 h |
| December | 2.4°C-13.5°C | -13.5°C | 23 | 5.9 | 9.09 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
- Wusu in MayChina · 160 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Ghulja in MayChina · 164 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 10.2°C · 40 mm rain
- Bole in MayChina · 188 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 10.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Xincheng in MayChina · 192 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 13.5°C · 12 mm rain
- Huocheng in MayChina · 203 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 10.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Qarasu in MayChina · 243 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 9.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Shihezi in MayChina · 244 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 11.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Karamay in MayChina · 273 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 14.5°C · 15 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 Xinyuan) is explained once on the Xinyuan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.