Climate averages 1991–2020
Yuanping 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 Yuanping: daytime highs average 23.7°C and nights cool to about 9.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 16 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xinzhou (34 km away). In May its highs average 24.1°C, about as warm as Yuanping, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yuanping ranks joint 664th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 98th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Yuanping is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 41 mm to 63 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
Yuanping climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.0°C-12.2°C | -12.2°C | 2.8 | 0.8 | 9.810 h |
| February | 5.2°C-7.1°C | -7.1°C | 7.1 | 2.0 | 10.711 h |
| March | 11.1°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 15 | 3.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.9°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 32 | 5.6 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 23.7°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 41 | 6.5 | 14.314 h |
| June | 27.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 63 | 10.1 | 14.815 h |
| July | 28.3°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 111 | 13.6 | 14.615 h |
| August | 26.6°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 113 | 12.1 | 13.714 h |
| September | 22.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 71 | 9.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 16.2°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 36 | 6.7 | 11.211 h |
| November | 8.3°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 16 | 3.3 | 10.110 h |
| December | 1.9°C-9.3°C | -9.3°C | 3.5 | 1.1 | 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
- Xinzhou in MayChina · 34 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 9.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Shuozhou in MayChina · 73 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 7.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Taiyuan in MayChina · 96 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 11.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Jinzhong in MayChina · 115 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 11.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Yangquan in MayChina · 119 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Datong in MayChina · 160 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 7.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Shijiazhuang in MayChina · 168 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 14.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Zhengding in MayChina · 170 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 14.9°C · 36 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 Yuanping) is explained once on the Yuanping year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.