Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhangjiakou 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 Zhangjiakou: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 8.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 26 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xuanhua (25 km away). In May its highs average 24.5°C, 1.3°C warmer than Zhangjiakou, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhangjiakou ranks joint 688th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 78th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Zhangjiakou is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 39 mm to 64 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
Zhangjiakou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.1°C-15.0°C | -15.0°C | 2.7 | 0.8 | 9.610 h |
| February | 1.5°C-11.0°C | -11.0°C | 4.8 | 1.4 | 10.611 h |
| March | 8.9°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 13 | 3.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.7°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 26 | 4.4 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 23.3°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 39 | 6.2 | 14.414 h |
| June | 27.5°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 64 | 9.1 | 15.015 h |
| July | 28.9°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 96 | 11.9 | 14.815 h |
| August | 27.4°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 77 | 9.7 | 13.814 h |
| September | 22.6°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 56 | 8.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.0°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 30 | 5.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 5.2°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 13 | 2.7 | 10.010 h |
| December | -1.9°C-12.2°C | -12.2°C | 3.2 | 1.0 | 9.39 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
- Xuanhua in MayChina · 25 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 9.2°C · 40 mm rain
- Changping in MayChina · 131 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 12.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Mentougou in MayChina · 140 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 13.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Ulanqab in MayChina · 148 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 4.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Beichengqu in MayChina · 150 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 7.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Datong in MayChina · 154 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 7.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Fangshan in MayChina · 155 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 13.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Liangxiang in MayChina · 158 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 13.6°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 Zhangjiakou) is explained once on the Zhangjiakou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.