Lop Weather in May
Lop in May
The short of it: Lop in May averages a high of 28 °C (82 °F) and a low of 15 °C (59 °F), with 6.0 mm (0.24 in) of rain and about 14 h 8 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 28° · low 15° · rain 6.0 mm · daylight 14 h 8 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & October
May in Lop brings afternoons near 28° and nights around 15°, with about 6.0 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 28°, nights near 15°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is scarce, about 6.0 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 8 min in mid-May, 62 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, Lop runs about middling and wetter than most in May. Gujangbagh, 22 km to the W, sees much the same highs.
May in Lop, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 3.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 8 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GujangbaghXinjiang | 22 km W | 28° | 15° | 6.0 mm |
| BageqiXinjiang | 32 km WNW | 28° | 15° | 6.0 mm |
| Ying'airikeXinjiang | 32 km NW | 29° | 15° | 6.0 mm |
| BuzhakeXinjiang | 34 km W | 28° | 15° | 6.0 mm |
| Ying’awatiXinjiang | 40 km NW | 29° | 15° | 5.0 mm |
| LaykaXinjiang | 40 km W | 28° | 14° | 6.0 mm |
| JiahanbageXinjiang | 44 km WNW | 27° | 15° | 5.0 mm |
| AkesalayiXinjiang | 45 km WNW | 27° | 15° | 5.0 mm |