Xining Weather in May
Xining in May
The short of it: Xining in May averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 6 °C (44 °F), with 47 mm (1.9 in) of rain and about 14 h 6 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 6° · rain 47 mm · daylight 14 h 6 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & June
May in Xining brings afternoons near 20° and nights around 6°, with about 47 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 20°, nights near 6°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 47 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 6 min in mid-May, 61 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 June.
Against its neighbours, Xining runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Duoba, 20 km to the W, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Xining, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 29 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 6 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h