Kashgar Weather in May
Kashgar in May
The short of it: Kashgar in May averages a high of 27 °C (80 °F) and a low of 14 °C (56 °F), with 20 mm (0.79 in) of rain and about 14 h 20 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 27° · low 14° · rain 20 mm · daylight 14 h 20 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & October
Thirty years of records give Kashgar an average May high of 27°, a low of 14° and some 20 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 4° from April to about 27°, with nights near 14°. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 20 mm.
The sun is up for about 14 h 20 min in mid-May, 68 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; the finest months here are April and October.
Against its neighbours, Kashgar runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Artux, 32 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
May in Kashgar, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 12 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- January
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 20 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ArtuxXinjiang | 32 km NNE | 27° | 13° | 20 mm |
| YengisarXinjiang | 62 km SSE | 28° | 14° | 13 mm |
| HuangdiXinjiang | 146 km ESE | 29° | 15° | 8.0 mm |
| Kuoshi'airikeXinjiang | 146 km SE | 29° | 15° | 8.0 mm |
| ElixkuXinjiang | 146 km SE | 29° | 15° | 8.0 mm |
| PaikeqiXinjiang | 147 km SE | 30° | 15° | 10 mm |
| DunbageXinjiang | 147 km ESE | 29° | 15° | 8.0 mm |
| QarekXinjiang | 150 km SE | 29° | 15° | 10 mm |