Climate averages 1991–2020
Xinzhou weather
in May.
A warm, 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.
May is a warm month in Xinzhou: daytime highs average 24.1°C and nights cool to about 9.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 6 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 Yuanping (34 km away). In May its highs average 23.7°C, about as warm as Xinzhou, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xinzhou ranks joint 641st of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 71st of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Xinzhou is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 38 mm to 54 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
Xinzhou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.3°C-11.0°C | -11.0°C | 2.8 | 0.9 | 9.810 h |
| February | 5.5°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 6.8 | 2.1 | 10.711 h |
| March | 11.4°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 15 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.3°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 31 | 5.1 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 24.1°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 38 | 5.6 | 14.214 h |
| June | 27.8°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 54 | 8.3 | 14.815 h |
| July | 28.4°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 100 | 12.1 | 14.615 h |
| August | 26.6°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 103 | 11.7 | 13.714 h |
| September | 22.4°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 61 | 8.1 | 12.512 h |
| October | 16.5°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 34 | 5.7 | 11.211 h |
| November | 8.6°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 15 | 3.2 | 10.110 h |
| December | 2.2°C-8.5°C | -8.5°C | 3.3 | 1.0 | 9.510 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
- Yuanping in MayChina · 34 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 9.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Taiyuan in MayChina · 62 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 11.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Jinzhong in MayChina · 81 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 11.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Yangquan in MayChina · 95 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Shuozhou in MayChina · 104 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 7.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Shijiazhuang in MayChina · 158 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 14.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Zhengding in MayChina · 163 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 14.9°C · 36 mm rain
- Jiexiu in MayChina · 170 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 12.2°C · 39 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 Xinzhou) is explained once on the Xinzhou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.