Khorgos Weather in May
Khorgos in May
The short of it: Khorgos in May averages a high of 25 °C (76 °F) and a low of 11 °C (51 °F), with 25 mm (1.0 in) of rain and about 14 h 45 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 25° · low 11° · rain 25 mm · daylight 14 h 45 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & September
Thirty years of records give Khorgos an average May high of 25°, a low of 11° and some 25 mm of rain. Highs rise 6° against April, to near 25°; nights run about 11°. Rain is modest, about 25 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 45 min in mid-May, 81 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, Khorgos runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Qarasu, 3 km to the SE, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Khorgos, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 3.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- Nov–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 45 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QarasuXinjiang | 3 km SE | 25° | 11° | 23 mm |
| AtamekenZhetysu Region | 14 km W | 25° | 11° | 23 mm |
| ZharkentZhetysu Region | 31 km WSW | 26° | 12° | 21 mm |
| HuochengXinjiang | 43 km ESE | 26° | 11° | 24 mm |
| BayandaiXinjiang | 75 km ESE | 25° | 11° | 27 mm |
| ChapchalXinjiang | 75 km SE | 26° | 12° | 23 mm |
| HanbinXinjiang | 77 km ESE | 26° | 12° | 26 mm |
| DadamtuXinjiang | 79 km ESE | 26° | 11° | 28 mm |