Jinchang Weather in May
Jinchang in May
The short of it: Jinchang in May averages a high of 22 °C (71 °F) and a low of 7 °C (45 °F), with 16 mm (0.63 in) of rain and about 14 h 15 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 22° · low 7° · rain 16 mm · daylight 14 h 15 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & September
Thirty years of records give Jinchang an average May high of 22°, a low of 7° and some 16 mm of rain. Highs rise 5° against April, to near 22°; nights run about 7°. Rain is modest, about 16 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 15 min in mid-May, 66 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Jinchang runs about middling and drier than most in May. Wuwei, 74 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
May in Jinchang, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 10 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 15°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 15 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WuweiGansu | 74 km SSE | 22° | 9° | 17 mm |
| Ehen HudagInner Mongolia | 91 km NNW | 24° | 9° | 11 mm |
| DongchuanQinghai | 130 km SSW | 14° | 1° | 56 mm |
| QingshizuiQinghai | 133 km SSW | 15° | 0° | 59 mm |
| QuankouQinghai | 134 km SSW | 15° | 1° | 58 mm |
| HaomenQinghai | 135 km SSW | 15° | 0° | 60 mm |
| MoleQinghai | 157 km SW | 12° | -2° | 51 mm |
| ZhangyeGansu | 159 km WNW | 24° | 9° | 19 mm |