Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhongwei 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 Zhongwei: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 11.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 10 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wuzhong (103 km away). In May its highs average 25.3°C, about as warm as Zhongwei, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhongwei ranks joint 516th of 884 for the warmest May highs and 22nd of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Zhongwei is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 19 mm to 30 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
Zhongwei 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-9.6°C | -9.6°C | 2.4 | 0.8 | 9.910 h |
| February | 6.0°C-5.8°C | -5.8°C | 3.3 | 1.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 13.1°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 5.7 | 1.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.2°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 12 | 3.2 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 25.5°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 19 | 3.9 | 14.214 h |
| June | 30.0°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 30 | 4.2 | 14.715 h |
| July | 31.6°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 53 | 5.7 | 14.514 h |
| August | 29.4°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 52 | 7.3 | 13.614 h |
| September | 24.0°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 43 | 6.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.5°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 17 | 3.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 9.7°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 4.8 | 1.0 | 10.210 h |
| December | 2.5°C-7.7°C | -7.7°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 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
- Wuzhong in MayChina · 103 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 10.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Baiyin in MayChina · 140 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 9.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Yinchuan in MayChina · 143 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 10.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Bayan Hot in MayChina · 153 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Xigang in MayChina · 154 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 10.0°C · 22 mm rain
- Guyuan in MayChina · 193 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 7.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Shizuishan in MayChina · 194 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 12.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Lanzhou in MayChina · 202 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 10.7°C · 44 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 Zhongwei) is explained once on the Zhongwei year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.