Jiuquan Weather in May
Average highs run from 18°C on May 1 to 22°C on May 31, and lows from 4°C to 9°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 12 mm over about 3 wet days.
May day by day
The normal high and low for each date, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Reanalysis extreme high
- Reanalysis extreme low
May at a glance
- Average high
- 20°C
- Average low
- 6°C
- Precipitation
- 12 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 32°CMay 31, 2014
- Reanalysis low
- -5°CMay 6, 1991
- Daylight
- 13 h 53 min to 14 h 46 min
- Cloud cover
- 68%
- Humidity
- 29%
- Dew point
- -7°C
- Wind
- 14.0 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Reanalysis high | Reanalysis low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | 18°C | 4°C | 27°C 2020 | -5°C 1991 | 8% |
| May 2 | 18°C | 4°C | 26°C 1997 | -3°C 1994 | 8% |
| May 3 | 18°C | 5°C | 27°C 1998 | -3°C 2004 | 9% |
| May 4 | 18°C | 5°C | 27°C 1997 | -1°C 2004 | 10% |
| May 5 | 18°C | 5°C | 29°C 2009 | -2°C 2017 | 10% |
| May 6 | 18°C | 5°C | 25°C 2009 | -5°C 1991 | 11% |
| May 7 | 18°C | 5°C | 26°C 2004 | -3°C 1991 | 12% |
| May 8 | 18°C | 5°C | 29°C 2004 | -1°C 2019 | 12% |
| May 9 | 18°C | 5°C | 28°C 1993 | -1°C 2014 | 13% |
| May 10 | 19°C | 5°C | 29°C 1994 | -2°C 1996 | 12% |
| May 11 | 19°C | 5°C | 26°C 1999 | -2°C 2019 | 13% |
| May 12 | 19°C | 5°C | 27°C 2001 | -4°C 2019 | 12% |
| May 13 | 19°C | 6°C | 32°C 2018 | -1°C 1993 | 12% |
| May 14 | 19°C | 6°C | 27°C 1999 | 0°C 2014 | 12% |
| May 15 | 19°C | 6°C | 26°C 2008 | 1°C 2016 | 12% |
| May 16 | 19°C | 6°C | 27°C 2008 | 0°C 1993 | 12% |
| May 17 | 20°C | 6°C | 30°C 2011 | 0°C 2010 | 12% |
| May 18 | 20°C | 6°C | 29°C 2007 | 1°C 2010 | 12% |
| May 19 | 20°C | 7°C | 28°C 2017 | -1°C 2019 | 11% |
| May 20 | 20°C | 7°C | 29°C 2013 | 2°C 2016 | 11% |
| May 21 | 20°C | 7°C | 27°C 2014 | 1°C 2002 | 11% |
| May 22 | 20°C | 7°C | 29°C 2000 | 2°C 2018 | 11% |
| May 23 | 21°C | 7°C | 27°C 2000 | 0°C 2016 | 10% |
| May 24 | 21°C | 8°C | 27°C 2003 | 1°C 1998 | 10% |
| May 25 | 21°C | 8°C | 28°C 1996 | 1°C 1999 | 11% |
| May 26 | 21°C | 8°C | 28°C 1996 | 2°C 2010 | 12% |
| May 27 | 21°C | 8°C | 29°C 1996 | 3°C 2003 | 12% |
| May 28 | 22°C | 8°C | 31°C 1996 | 4°C 2009 | 12% |
| May 29 | 22°C | 9°C | 30°C 1996 | 4°C 2009 | 12% |
| May 30 | 22°C | 9°C | 28°C 2014 | 5°C 2020 | 12% |
| May 31 | 22°C | 9°C | 32°C 2014 | 5°C 2007 | 12% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+8).
- May 1
- sunrise 6:27 AM, sunset 8:20 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 6:01 AM, sunset 8:47 PM
Other months
Sources
Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.