Climate averages 1991–2020
Yinchuan 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 Yinchuan: daytime highs average 24.2°C and nights cool to about 10.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 4 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 Xigang (11 km away). In May its highs average 24.0°C, about as warm as Yinchuan, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yinchuan ranks joint 637th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 25th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Yinchuan is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 22 mm to 32 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
Yinchuan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.6°C-10.7°C | -10.7°C | 1.7 | 0.5 | 9.810 h |
| February | 4.7°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 3.3 | 1.0 | 10.711 h |
| March | 11.4°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 9.5 | 2.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.8°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 13 | 2.3 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 24.2°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 22 | 3.7 | 14.214 h |
| June | 28.4°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 32 | 4.5 | 14.815 h |
| July | 29.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 54 | 6.5 | 14.615 h |
| August | 27.8°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 52 | 7.6 | 13.714 h |
| September | 22.8°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 41 | 6.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 16.4°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 16 | 3.3 | 11.211 h |
| November | 8.6°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 5.9 | 1.3 | 10.110 h |
| December | 1.9°C-8.6°C | -8.6°C | 1.2 | 0.4 | 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
- Xigang in MayChina · 11 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 10.0°C · 22 mm rain
- Wuzhong in MayChina · 54 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 10.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Shizuishan in MayChina · 58 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 12.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Bayan Hot in MayChina · 67 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Shitanjing in MayChina · 85 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 10.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Huinong in MayChina · 95 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 11.2°C · 22 mm rain
- Wuda in MayChina · 121 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.1°C · 20 mm rain
- Zhongwei in MayChina · 143 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 11.5°C · 19 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 Yinchuan) is explained once on the Yinchuan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Xigang lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.