Xi’an Weather in May
Xi’an in May
The short of it: Xi’an in May averages a high of 26 °C (80 °F) and a low of 15 °C (58 °F), with 54 mm (2.1 in) of rain and about 13 h 56 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 26° · low 15° · rain 54 mm · daylight 13 h 56 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & May
May in Xi’an brings afternoons near 26° and nights around 15°, with about 54 mm of rain over the month. Highs rise 5° against April, to near 26°; nights run about 15°. Rain is modest, about 54 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 56 min in mid-May, 56 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and May.
Against its neighbours, Xi’an runs warmer than most and about as wet in May. Xianyang, 23 km to the WNW, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Xi’an, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 22 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 56 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h