Climate averages 1991–2020
Yulinshi 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 Yulinshi: daytime highs average 24.4°C and nights cool to about 11.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 5 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 Wayaobu (129 km away). In May its highs average 24.4°C, about as warm as Yulinshi, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yulinshi ranks joint 620th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 58th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Yulinshi is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 36 mm to 43 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
Yulinshi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.9°C-11.9°C | -11.9°C | 3.7 | 1.0 | 9.810 h |
| February | 3.9°C-7.6°C | -7.6°C | 7.1 | 1.7 | 10.711 h |
| March | 11.1°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 14 | 3.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.7°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 31 | 4.3 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 24.4°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 36 | 5.0 | 14.214 h |
| June | 28.9°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 43 | 6.1 | 14.815 h |
| July | 29.8°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 106 | 9.8 | 14.515 h |
| August | 27.3°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 102 | 10.3 | 13.714 h |
| September | 22.3°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 68 | 7.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 15.7°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 34 | 5.4 | 11.211 h |
| November | 7.6°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 16 | 2.9 | 10.110 h |
| December | 0.3°C-9.7°C | -9.7°C | 3.6 | 1.2 | 9.610 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
- Wayaobu in MayChina · 129 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 11.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Ordos in MayChina · 146 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 8.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Lüliang in MayChina · 150 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 11.5°C · 42 mm rain
- Dongsheng in MayChina · 171 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 8.5°C · 34 mm rain
- Yan’an in MayChina · 189 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 11.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Jiexiu in MayChina · 238 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 12.2°C · 39 mm rain
- Taiyuan in MayChina · 251 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 11.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Salaqi in MayChina · 259 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 8.3°C · 35 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 Yulinshi) is explained once on the Yulinshi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.