Lanzhou Weather in May
Lanzhou in May
The short of it: Lanzhou in May averages a high of 24 °C (76 °F) and a low of 11 °C (51 °F), with 39 mm (1.5 in) of rain and about 14 h 4 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 24° · low 11° · rain 39 mm · daylight 14 h 4 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & April
Thirty years of records give Lanzhou an average May high of 24°, a low of 11° and some 39 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from April to about 24°, with nights near 11°. Rain is modest, about 39 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 4 min in mid-May, 60 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, Lanzhou runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Baiyin, 62 km to the NNE, is 2° cooler by day.
May in Lanzhou, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 20 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 4 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h