Climate averages 1991–2020
Yangquan weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet 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 Yangquan: daytime highs average 24.5°C and nights cool to about 11.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 12 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jinzhong (74 km away). In May its highs average 24.8°C, about as warm as Yangquan, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yangquan ranks joint 612th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 83rd of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Yangquan is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 40 mm to 70 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
Yangquan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.2°C-8.4°C | -8.4°C | 4.6 | 1.3 | 9.910 h |
| February | 5.9°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 8.0 | 2.2 | 10.811 h |
| March | 12.0°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 18 | 4.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.1°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 32 | 5.4 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 24.5°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 40 | 6.2 | 14.214 h |
| June | 28.0°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 70 | 10.7 | 14.715 h |
| July | 28.3°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 139 | 15.9 | 14.515 h |
| August | 26.6°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 113 | 13.4 | 13.614 h |
| September | 23.0°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 64 | 8.1 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.6°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 34 | 5.7 | 11.211 h |
| November | 9.7°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 18 | 3.7 | 10.210 h |
| December | 3.4°C-6.4°C | -6.4°C | 4.6 | 1.4 | 9.610 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
- Jinzhong in MayChina · 74 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 11.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Shijiazhuang in MayChina · 83 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 14.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Huaiyang in MayChina · 84 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 14.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Taiyuan in MayChina · 88 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 11.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Zhengding in MayChina · 93 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 14.9°C · 36 mm rain
- Xinzhou in MayChina · 95 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 9.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Luancheng in MayChina · 95 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 14.9°C · 34 mm rain
- Xinle in MayChina · 112 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 14.9°C · 34 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 Yangquan) is explained once on the Yangquan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.