Yan’an Weather in May
Yan’an in May
The short of it: Yan’an in May averages a high of 25 °C (77 °F) and a low of 11 °C (53 °F), with 40 mm (1.6 in) of rain and about 14 h 6 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 25° · low 11° · rain 40 mm · daylight 14 h 6 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & April
Thirty years of records give Yan’an an average May high of 25°, a low of 11° and some 40 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from April to about 25°, with nights near 11°. Rain is modest, about 40 mm, the 6th 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 5 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Yan’an runs about middling and about as wet in May. Wayaobu, 62 km to the NNE, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Yan’an, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 15 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- January
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 6 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WayaobuShaanxi | 62 km NNE | 24° | 11° | 34 mm |
| HanchengShaanxi | 152 km SE | 27° | 14° | 40 mm |
| YintaiShaanxi | 169 km SSW | 24° | 12° | 50 mm |
| TongchuanshiShaanxi | 173 km SSW | 24° | 12° | 51 mm |
| LüliangShanxi | 179 km NE | 25° | 11° | 33 mm |
| YulinshiShaanxi | 189 km N | 25° | 10° | 29 mm |
| LinfenShanxi | 190 km ESE | 28° | 14° | 32 mm |
| QingyangGansu | 193 km WSW | 22° | 10° | 48 mm |