Climate averages 1991–2020
Yan’an weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet 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 Yan’an: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 11.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 06 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wayaobu (62 km away). In May its highs average 24.4°C, about as warm as Yan’an, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yan’an ranks joint 578th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 125th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Yan’an is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 46 mm to 60 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
Yan’an climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.6°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 6.3 | 2.2 | 10.010 h |
| February | 6.6°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 9.7 | 2.5 | 10.811 h |
| March | 12.7°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 21 | 4.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.9°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 38 | 6.1 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 24.9°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 46 | 6.7 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.0°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 60 | 7.8 | 14.615 h |
| July | 29.7°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 128 | 13.3 | 14.414 h |
| August | 27.6°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 133 | 12.8 | 13.614 h |
| September | 23.0°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 85 | 9.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 17.2°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 56 | 7.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 10.3°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 21 | 4.1 | 10.310 h |
| December | 3.9°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 4.8 | 1.4 | 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
- Wayaobu in MayChina · 62 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 11.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Hancheng in MayChina · 152 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 14.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Tongchuanshi in MayChina · 173 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 14.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Lüliang in MayChina · 179 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 11.5°C · 42 mm rain
- Yulinshi in MayChina · 189 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 11.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Linfen in MayChina · 190 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 13.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Qingyang in MayChina · 193 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 9.2°C · 51 mm rain
- Tongchuan in MayChina · 195 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 13.9°C · 51 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 Yan’an) is explained once on the Yan’an year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.