Climate averages 1991–2020
Xiuyan weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Xiuyan: daytime highs average 21.1°C and nights cool to about 9.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 75 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 23 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fengcheng (Liaoning), China (70 km away). In May its highs average 21.1°C, about as warm as Xiuyan, with 85 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xiuyan ranks joint 772nd of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 380th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Xiuyan is 4.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 75 mm to 107 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
Xiuyan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.6°C-13.1°C | -13.1°C | 7.1 | 2.0 | 9.710 h |
| February | 1.7°C-9.2°C | -9.2°C | 13 | 2.5 | 10.611 h |
| March | 8.1°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 22 | 4.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.2°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 47 | 6.3 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 21.1°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 75 | 7.9 | 14.414 h |
| June | 25.3°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 107 | 10.8 | 15.015 h |
| July | 27.6°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 179 | 14.5 | 14.715 h |
| August | 27.6°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 213 | 13.8 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.5°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 68 | 7.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.1°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 42 | 6.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 6.8°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 35 | 5.2 | 10.010 h |
| December | -0.6°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 13 | 2.8 | 9.49 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
- Fengcheng (Liaoning), China in MayChina · 70 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 9.0°C · 85 mm rain
- Zhuanghe in MayChina · 70 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 11.3°C · 70 mm rain
- Dashiqiao in MayChina · 76 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 12.4°C · 59 mm rain
- Haicheng in MayChina · 76 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 11.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Jiupu in MayChina · 90 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 11.6°C · 63 mm rain
- Gongchangling in MayChina · 93 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 10.3°C · 74 mm rain
- Anshan in MayChina · 95 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 11.5°C · 63 mm rain
- Dandong in MayChina · 97 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 10.0°C · 88 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 Xiuyan) is explained once on the Xiuyan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.