May
May · September · April
80climate match
China · 1991–2020
Best time to visit
Dunhuang.
May leads for comfortable weather in Dunhuang: typically 27.7°C by day, 10.4°C at night, with 5 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
Best comfortMay
Typical high27.7°C
Typical low10.4°C
Rain in May5 mm
July
July · August · June
78climate match
April
April · October · September
85climate match
The weakest month is January, scoring 5 against May’s 80 — days reach only -0.7°C, 25° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and nights drop to -14.5°C.
Month by month
The whole year,
without the guesswork.
The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.
Jan
5-0.7° / -14.5°
Feb
56.1° / -9.3°
Mar
3613.9° / -1.8°
Apr
7622.1° / 5.2°
May
8027.7° / 10.4°
Jun
7331.9° / 15.4°
Jul
6433.4° / 17.8°
Aug
7232.2° / 15.7°
Sep
8027.1° / 9.4°
Oct
6019.3° / 1.3°
Nov
159.2° / -5.2°
Dec
50.6° / -12.2°
| Month | Day | Night | Rain | Wet days | Daylight | Comfort | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.7°C | -14.5°C | 1 mm | 0.2 | 9 h 36 | 5 | Good coverage |
| February | 6.1°C | -9.3°C | 0 mm | 0.1 | 10 h 37 | 5 | Good coverage |
| March | 13.9°C | -1.8°C | 3 mm | 0.7 | 11 h 49 | 36 | Good coverage |
| April | 22.1°C | 5.2°C | 3 mm | 0.7 | 13 h 13 | 76 | Good coverage |
| May | 27.7°C | 10.4°C | 5 mm | 1 | 14 h 23 | 80 | Good coverage |
| June | 31.9°C | 15.4°C | 9 mm | 1.3 | 15 h 01 | 73 | Good coverage |
| July | 33.4°C | 17.8°C | 12 mm | 2.5 | 14 h 46 | 64 | Good coverage |
| August | 32.2°C | 15.7°C | 5 mm | 1.1 | 13 h 45 | 72 | Good coverage |
| September | 27.1°C | 9.4°C | 3 mm | 0.8 | 12 h 24 | 80 | Good coverage |
| October | 19.3°C | 1.3°C | 1 mm | 0.3 | 11 h 04 | 60 | Good coverage |
| November | 9.2°C | -5.2°C | 1 mm | 0.4 | 9 h 54 | 15 | Good coverage |
| December | 0.6°C | -12.2°C | 1 mm | 0.5 | 9 h 19 | 5 | Good coverage |
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.0°C30 Jan 2014 | -28.5°C15 Jan 1979 | 5 mm19 Jan 2013 | 6 mm2018 · driest 0 mm in 2010 | 73 |
| February | 18.0°C17 Feb 2004 | -25.1°C4 Feb 1980 | 6 mm28 Feb 1953 | 8 mm1951 · driest 0 mm in 1987 | 73 |
| March | 28.8°C25 Mar 1959 | -19.6°C1 Mar 1951 | 8 mm24 Mar 2022 | 15 mm1993 · driest 0 mm in 1956 | 73 |
| April | 35.6°C27 Apr 2004 | -10.0°C2 Apr 1951 | 18 mm22 Apr 2007 | 28 mm2007 · driest 0 mm in 2020 | 73 |
| May | 38.2°C31 May 2014 | -1.9°C3 May 1975 | 29 mm18 May 2021 | 33 mm2021 · driest 0 mm in 1989 | 72 |
| June | 40.8°C25 Jun 2010 | 4.0°C1 Jun 1980 | 31 mm7 Jun 2002 | 44 mm2002 · driest 0 mm in 2020 | 72 |
| July | 43.6°C16 Jul 1952 | 8.6°C3 Jul 1966 | 27 mm9 Jul 1971 | 61 mm1971 · driest 0 mm in 2001 | 72 |
| August | 40.8°C3 Aug 1953 | 4.4°C28 Aug 1984 | 27 mm17 Aug 2016 | 37 mm2016 · driest 0 mm in 1964 | 72 |
| September | 36.4°C2 Sep 1999 | -4.2°C28 Sep 1968 | 12 mm26 Sep 1962 | 15 mm2007 · driest 0 mm in 1973 | 72 |
| October | 34.6°C7 Oct 1951 | -14.3°C28 Oct 1986 | 6 mm24 Oct 2010 | 7 mm2010 · driest 0 mm in 1977 | 72 |
| November | 20.4°C1 Nov 1989 | -23.0°C29 Nov 1967 | 10 mm7 Nov 1990 | 12 mm2019 · driest 0 mm in 1980 | 72 |
| December | 10.4°C3 Dec 2004 | -30.5°C27 Dec 1991 | 5 mm18 Dec 1958 | 5 mm1958 · driest 0 mm in 1987 | 72 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| February | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| March | <1 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| April | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| May | 23 | 10 | <1 | <1 |
| June | 29 | 23 | 0 | <1 |
| July | 31 | 27 | 0 | <1 |
| August | 30 | 25 | 0 | <1 |
| September | 22 | 7 | <1 | 0 |
| October | 3 | <1 | 12 | 0 |
| November | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| December | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0% | <1% | 0% | 0% | -4.0–1.7°C |
| February | 0% | 1% | 0% | <1% | 2.1–7.8°C |
| March | 9% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 11.3–15.9°C |
| April | 62% | 3% | <1% | 0% | 19.4–23.4°C |
| May | 94% | 3% | <1% | <1% | 25.7–29.2°C |
| June | 96% | 5% | <1% | 1% | 29.9–33.1°C |
| July | 93% | 8% | <1% | 3% | 31.8–34.7°C |
| August | 96% | 4% | <1% | <1% | 31.1–33.4°C |
| September | 95% | 2% | <1% | 0% | 25.5–28.4°C |
| October | 43% | <1% | 0% | <1% | 17.5–20.8°C |
| November | <1% | 2% | <1% | <1% | 6.2–11.1°C |
| December | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | -2.9–2.7°C |
A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.
The evidence behind this page
Nearby, measured,
and named.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 1529531
- NOAA station
- CHM00052418 · DUNHUANG
- Station distance
- 1.9 km from the place centre
- Climate period
- 1991–2020
- Minimum month coverage
- 23 usable years
- Daylight
- Calculated from latitude 40.17°, mid-month, sunrise to sunset including refraction. Not a station measurement.
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.