Climate averages 1991–2020
Yima 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 Yima: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 14.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 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 13 h 58 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Luoyang (51 km away). In May its highs average 28.4°C, 2.2°C warmer than Yima, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yima ranks joint 404th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 193rd of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Yima is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.0°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 56 mm to 72 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
Yima 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-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 11 | 3.0 | 10.110 h |
| February | 8.7°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 16 | 3.5 | 10.911 h |
| March | 14.7°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 25 | 4.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.3°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 39 | 5.5 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 26.2°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 56 | 6.4 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.2°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 72 | 7.7 | 14.414 h |
| July | 30.3°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 147 | 14.2 | 14.214 h |
| August | 28.4°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 135 | 13.5 | 13.513 h |
| September | 24.3°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 104 | 9.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.3°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 51 | 6.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 12.6°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 29 | 4.8 | 10.410 h |
| December | 6.6°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 9.5 | 2.4 | 9.910 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
- Luoyang in MayChina · 51 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 15.5°C · 59 mm rain
- Changzhi (Shanxi, 35.21°N 111.74°E), China in MayChina · 54 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 14.9°C · 48 mm rain
- Sanmenxia in MayChina · 63 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 55 mm rain
- Jiyuan in MayChina · 75 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 15.2°C · 52 mm rain
- Yuncheng in MayChina · 87 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 15.8°C · 41 mm rain
- Jincheng in MayChina · 121 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 12.7°C · 48 mm rain
- Yongji in MayChina · 133 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 15.9°C · 59 mm rain
- Jiaozuo in MayChina · 135 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 15.2°C · 53 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 Yima) is explained once on the Yima year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.