Climate averages 1991–2020
Xinzhi weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the 7th 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 Xinzhi: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 14.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 05 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Linfen (49 km away). In May its highs average 26.8°C, 0.8°C cooler than Xinzhi, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xinzhi ranks joint 168th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 65th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Xinzhi is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 31.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 37 mm to 53 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
Xinzhi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.1°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 7.1 | 2.0 | 10.010 h |
| February | 8.9°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 11 | 2.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 15.2°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 19 | 4.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.1°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 34 | 5.7 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 27.5°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 37 | 5.8 | 14.114 h |
| June | 31.6°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 53 | 8.8 | 14.615 h |
| July | 32.1°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 113 | 13.7 | 14.414 h |
| August | 30.3°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 111 | 12.6 | 13.614 h |
| September | 25.5°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 69 | 8.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.6°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 44 | 6.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 12.4°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 22 | 4.3 | 10.310 h |
| December | 6.0°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 6.3 | 1.8 | 9.710 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
- Linfen in MayChina · 49 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 13.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Jiexiu in MayChina · 61 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 12.2°C · 39 mm rain
- Lüliang in MayChina · 124 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 11.5°C · 42 mm rain
- Changzhi (Shanxi, 36.18°N 113.11°E), China in MayChina · 130 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 10.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Changzhi (Shanxi, 35.21°N 111.74°E), China in MayChina · 143 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 14.9°C · 48 mm rain
- Jincheng in MayChina · 150 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 12.7°C · 48 mm rain
- Jinzhong in MayChina · 161 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 11.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Hancheng in MayChina · 163 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 14.6°C · 47 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 Xinzhi) is explained once on the Xinzhi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.