Climate averages 1991–2020
Chita weather
in May.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Chita: daytime highs average 16.5°C and nights cool to about 2.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 39 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ulan-Ude (405 km away). In May its highs average 17.1°C, 0.6°C warmer than Chita, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Chita ranks joint 162nd of 236 for the warmest May highs and joint 28th of 236 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 236 cities is 17.0°C; Chita is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 6.7°C to 23.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 39 mm to 53 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
Chita climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -17.2°C-28.9°C | -28.9°C | 1.3 | 0.4 | 8.38 h |
| February | -10.1°C-24.0°C | -24.0°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 9.910 h |
| March | -0.7°C-13.3°C | -13.3°C | 4.4 | 1.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 8.5°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 15 | 3.7 | 13.914 h |
| May, selected | 16.5°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 39 | 7.1 | 15.716 h |
| June | 23.2°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 53 | 10.0 | 16.617 h |
| July | 25.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 83 | 11.2 | 16.216 h |
| August | 21.9°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 83 | 11.4 | 14.715 h |
| September | 14.7°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 47 | 7.8 | 12.713 h |
| October | 5.2°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 12 | 2.7 | 10.711 h |
| November | -6.0°C-14.3°C | -14.3°C | 5.1 | 1.9 | 8.99 h |
| December | -15.6°C-24.6°C | -24.6°C | 3.4 | 1.1 | 7.88 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
- Ulan-Ude in MayRussia · 405 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 3.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Jalai Nur in MayChina · 413 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 5.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Hailar in MayChina · 540 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 4.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Hulunbuir in MayChina · 542 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 4.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Genhe in MayChina · 574 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 2.7°C · 49 mm rain
- Yakeshi in MayChina · 595 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 3.9°C · 43 mm rain
- Darhan in MayMongolia · 603 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 4.5°C · 33 mm rain
- Irkutsk in MayRussia · 628 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 3.3°C · 38 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 Chita) is explained once on the Chita year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.