Datong Weather in May
Datong in May
The short of it: Datong in May averages a high of 27 °C (81 °F) and a low of 17 °C (62 °F), with 68 mm (2.7 in) of rain and about 13 h 49 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 27° · low 17° · rain 68 mm · daylight 13 h 49 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: October & April
Thirty years of records give Datong an average May high of 27°, a low of 17° and some 68 mm of rain. Highs rise 5° against April, to near 27°; nights run about 17°. Wet spells are common — about 68 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 49 min in mid-May, 52 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are October and April.
Against its neighbours, Datong runs about middling and about as wet in May. Huainan, 6 km to the W, sees much the same highs.
May in Datong, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 9.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- January
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 49 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HuainanAnhui | 6 km W | 28° | 17° | 67 mm |
| Huaiyuan ChengguanzhenAnhui | 39 km NNE | 27° | 17° | 55 mm |
| BengbuAnhui | 45 km NE | 28° | 17° | 56 mm |
| Yingshang ChengguanzhenAnhui | 74 km W | 27° | 17° | 75 mm |
| Huoqiu ChengguanzhenAnhui | 78 km WSW | 27° | 17° | 85 mm |
| Mengcheng ChengguanzhenAnhui | 85 km NNW | 28° | 17° | 56 mm |
| MingguangAnhui | 86 km ENE | 27° | 17° | 60 mm |
| HefeiAnhui | 87 km SSE | 27° | 18° | 92 mm |