Climate averages 1991–2020
Yuzhou 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 Yuzhou: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 16.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 61 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 13 h 55 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xuchang (39 km away). In May its highs average 28.1°C, about as warm as Yuzhou, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yuzhou ranks joint 143rd of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 252nd of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Yuzhou is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 31.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 61 mm to 94 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
Yuzhou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.9°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 12 | 2.6 | 10.210 h |
| February | 10.5°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 16 | 3.2 | 10.911 h |
| March | 15.9°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 31 | 5.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.5°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 40 | 5.6 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 27.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 61 | 7.0 | 13.914 h |
| June | 31.7°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 94 | 8.3 | 14.414 h |
| July | 31.7°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 182 | 14.0 | 14.214 h |
| August | 30.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 142 | 14.2 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.2°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 86 | 8.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.6°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 44 | 5.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 14.6°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 33 | 5.0 | 10.410 h |
| December | 8.7°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 12 | 2.7 | 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
- Xuchang in MayChina · 39 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 16.5°C · 61 mm rain
- Pingdingshan in MayChina · 49 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 16.6°C · 64 mm rain
- Zhengzhou in MayChina · 69 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 16.4°C · 58 mm rain
- Luohe in MayChina · 83 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 16.6°C · 74 mm rain
- Yunyang in MayChina · 105 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 15.7°C · 73 mm rain
- Kaifeng in MayChina · 105 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.3°C · 55 mm rain
- Fangcheng in MayChina · 109 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 16.0°C · 78 mm rain
- Luoyang in MayChina · 111 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 15.5°C · 59 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 Yuzhou) is explained once on the Yuzhou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.