Luoyang weather in May

In May, Luoyang sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 59 mm of rain across 6.2 wet days and about 13.8 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 26°C in the first days to 30°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 24 min at the start of May to 14 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Luoyang's 11th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Luoyang's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
4th warmest
Overnight low
16°
8th coldest
Rainfall
59 mm
6.2 wet days
Daylight
13 h 48 min
5:32 AM – 7:21 PM
Cloud cover
63%
11th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
5.8 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.4
out of 10

Luoyang is prefecture-level city in Henan, People's Republic of China.

Air quality
Severe
PM2.5 60.5 µg/m³ · 2018
Density
91/km²
people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 26°C in the first days to 30°C by the end.

A typical May day in Luoyang reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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313019

How May really feels in Luoyang

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Luoyang weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -4°112.82.49.90.6
Feb10° / -1°1531.710.72.6
Mar16° / 234.10.811.75.6
Apr23° / 11°405.10.112.87.4
May28° / 16°596.2013.86.4
Jun32° / 21°727.5014.34.2
Jul32° / 24°16013.8014.13.6
Aug30° / 22°13212.9013.34.6
Sep26° / 17°959012.26.7
Oct21° / 11°486.1011.17.1
Nov14° / 324.71.110.24.6
Dec / -2°102.41.49.71.6

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 58%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14852
24753
34654
44654
54555
64456
74456
84357
94357
104357
114357
124258
134258
144258
154258
164159
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244060
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294060
304060
314060

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Luoyang gets around 59 mm of rain over 6.2 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 20% and peaks near 22% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
118
219
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520
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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 54% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1721981
2702091
3692191
46821101
56622111
66523111
76423121
86324121
96324121
106025132
116025132
126025132
135826142
145826142
155727142
165727142
175428153
185329153
195229163
205129173
214930183
224830193
234630204
244530214
254331224
264231244
274031254
283831265
293731275
303531295
313331306

Wind in May

Winds average 8 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
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118calm
128calm
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278calm
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318calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 24 min at the start of May to 14 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 42 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:46 AM to 5:24 AM, and sunset from 7:09 PM to 7:32 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.45:467:09
213.45:457:09
313.45:447:10
413.55:437:11
513.55:427:12
613.55:417:13
713.65:407:14
813.65:397:14
913.65:387:15
1013.65:377:16
1113.75:367:17
1213.75:357:18
1313.75:357:18
1413.85:347:19
1513.85:337:20
1613.85:327:21
1713.85:327:22
1813.95:317:22
1913.95:307:23
2013.95:297:24
2113.95:297:25
2214.05:287:25
2314.05:287:26
2414.05:277:27
2514.05:267:27
2614.05:267:28
2714.15:257:29
2814.15:257:30
2914.15:257:30
3014.15:247:31
3114.15:247:32

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.8 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.61 kWh/m² to a high of 6.01 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.8 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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255.9Bright
265.9Bright
275.9Bright
286.0Bright
296.0Bright
306.0Bright
316.0Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Luoyang

In seasonPeak

In May, Luoyang sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Luoyang's rainy season runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Luoyang sees seasonal dust haze (April–May), heaviest in May.

Rainy season
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Luoyang?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.4
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
7.2
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Luoyang for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Luoyang in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Luoyang sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 16°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Luoyang in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Luoyang peaks around May 21 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateMay 21UV 9Jan 11UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar6High
Apr6High
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep7High
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Air quality in Luoyang in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Luoyang is worst in January — around 83 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.0× the cleanest month (July, 41 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Luoyang's WHO annual average of 60.5 µg/m³.

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyJan 1981 µg/m³Jul 2341 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan83Unhealthy
Feb76Unhealthy
Mar71Unhealthy
Apr61Unhealthy
May52Poor
Jun46Poor
Jul41Poor
Aug41Poor
Sep53Poor
Oct64Unhealthy
Nov70Unhealthy
Dec69Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Luoyang?

Luoyang sits at 34.7°N, 112.4°E, 128 m above sea level, in China. The nearest listed city is Songyang, 60 km away.

Xi'anJinanWuhanDatongZhangjiajieTianjin

Topography around Luoyang

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Luoyang.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Luoyang has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 83 m around an average of 153 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 279 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,844 m.

The land around Luoyang is covered by artificial surfaces (79%) within 3 km, cropland (40%) and artificial surfaces (36%) within 16 km, and cropland (43%) and trees (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
83 m
16 km
279 m
80 km
1,844 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Songyang 60 km · Zhengzhou 111 km · Xi'an 325 km · Jinan 468 km · Wuhan 486 km · Datong 607 km · Zhangjiajie 644 km · Tianjin 651 km

China travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type A / I
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 47% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$13,862
2025
Happiness
6.1 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
0.5
per 100k, 2020
Road deaths
17.4
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 464
Religion
unaffiliated 52%folk religion 22%Buddhist 18%Christian 5%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Luoyang (34.6735°, 112.4368°, elevation 128 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).