Climate averages 1991–2020
Yongji weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Yongji: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 15.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the joint 7th 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 Huayin (48 km away). In May its highs average 28.0°C, about as warm as Yongji, with 93 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yongji ranks joint 115th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 221st of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Yongji is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 32.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 59 mm to 83 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
Yongji climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.3°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 7.2 | 2.3 | 10.110 h |
| February | 10.2°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 14 | 3.0 | 10.911 h |
| March | 16.4°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 24 | 4.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.3°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 45 | 5.9 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 28.1°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 59 | 6.8 | 14.014 h |
| June | 32.3°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 83 | 7.0 | 14.514 h |
| July | 32.8°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 134 | 11.0 | 14.314 h |
| August | 31.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 117 | 10.3 | 13.513 h |
| September | 26.1°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 106 | 9.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.4°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 59 | 7.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.8°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 33 | 5.5 | 10.410 h |
| December | 7.6°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 8.6 | 2.5 | 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
- Huayin in MayChina · 48 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 15.8°C · 93 mm rain
- Yuncheng in MayChina · 53 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 15.8°C · 41 mm rain
- Hancheng in MayChina · 66 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 14.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Sanmenxia in MayChina · 69 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 55 mm rain
- Weinan in MayChina · 94 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 15.1°C · 53 mm rain
- Shangluo in MayChina · 121 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 13.4°C · 71 mm rain
- Changzhi (Shanxi, 35.21°N 111.74°E), China in MayChina · 124 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 14.9°C · 48 mm rain
- Lintong in MayChina · 125 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 14.8°C · 50 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 Yongji) is explained once on the Yongji year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.