Songyang weather in May

In May, Songyang sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 73 mm of rain across 7.9 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 24°C in the first days to 28°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% 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 Songyang's 11th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Songyang's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
4th warmest
Overnight low
15°
8th coldest
Rainfall
73 mm
7.9 wet days
Daylight
13 h 48 min
5:30 AM – 7:18 PM
Cloud cover
65%
11th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.77 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.9
out of 10

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 28°C by the end.

A typical May day in Songyang reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 31°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)
12313
22413
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How May really feels in Songyang

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.

Songyang 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°112.62.8100.0
Feb / -1°173.42.110.71.4
Mar14° / 285.81.211.74.3
Apr20° / 10°446.50.212.86.8
May26° / 15°737.9013.86.9
Jun30° / 20°1009.9014.35.1
Jul30° / 22°20417.5014.14.1
Aug28° / 21°16617.3013.34.9
Sep24° / 16°10010.3012.26.7
Oct19° / 11°506.1011.16.7
Nov12° / 325.21.310.23.7
Dec / -2°112.729.70.6

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 61%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14456
24456
34357
44258
54258
64159
74159
84060
93961
103961
113961
123961
133961
143961
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303763
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Songyang gets around 73 mm of rain over 7.9 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 25% and peaks near 27% on the wettest days.

0%10%20%30%40%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
125
226
326
426
527
627
727
827
927
1027
1126
1226
1326
1426
1525
1625
1725
1825
1925
2024
2124
2224
2324
2424
2524
2624
2724
2824
2924
3024
3125

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 59% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1761761
2741871
3741871
4721981
5712081
6712081
7682192
8682192
9672292
10672292
11672292
126523102
136523102
146523102
156324112
166324112
176125122
186026122
195826133
205627143
215428153
225328163
235229163
245030183
254830193
264631203
274532213
284332223
294132243
303933254
313733264

Wind in May

Winds average 9 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
39calm
49calm
59calm
69calm
79calm
89calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
149calm
159calm
169calm
179calm
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209calm
219calm
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239calm
249calm
259calm
269calm
278calm
288calm
298calm
308calm
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 5:44 AM to 5:22 AM, and sunset from 7:06 PM to 7:29 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.45:447:06
213.45:437:07
313.45:427:08
413.55:417:08
513.55:407:09
613.55:397:10
713.55:387:11
813.65:377:12
913.65:367:12
1013.65:357:13
1113.75:347:14
1213.75:347:15
1313.75:337:16
1413.75:327:16
1513.85:317:17
1613.85:307:18
1713.85:307:19
1813.85:297:19
1913.95:287:20
2013.95:287:21
2113.95:277:22
2213.95:267:22
2314.05:267:23
2414.05:257:24
2514.05:257:25
2614.05:247:25
2714.05:247:26
2814.15:237:27
2914.15:237:27
3014.15:227:28
3114.15:227:29

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.77 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.61 kWh/m² to a high of 5.99 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.77 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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215.8Bright
225.9Bright
235.9Bright
245.9Bright
255.9Bright
265.9Bright
275.9Bright
285.9Bright
295.9Bright
306.0Bright
316.0Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Songyang

In seasonPeak

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

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

Songyang 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 Songyang?

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

6.9
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
6.5
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Songyang in May

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

In May, Songyang sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 15°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Songyang 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 Songyang peaks around July 16 at about 10 (extreme) — 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 highVery highHighModerateJul 16UV 10Jan 11UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar6High
Apr6High
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug7High
Sep7High
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Songyang 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 Songyang is worst in January — around 311 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 2.3× the cleanest month (July, 134 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0306090120150180210240270300330JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery unhealthyUnhealthyVery unhealthyJan 17306 µg/m³Jul 19135 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan311Very unhealthy
Feb272Very unhealthy
Mar242Very unhealthy
Apr204Very unhealthy
May170Very unhealthy
Jun152Very unhealthy
Jul134Unhealthy
Aug143Unhealthy
Sep188Very unhealthy
Oct234Very unhealthy
Nov252Very unhealthy
Dec269Very unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Songyang?

Songyang sits at 34.5°N, 113.0°E, 369 m above sea level, in China. The nearest listed city is Luoyang, 60 km away.

Xi'anJinanWuhanNanjingDatongTianjin

Topography around Songyang

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Songyang has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 647 m around an average of 413 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,253 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,400 m.

The land around Songyang is covered by artificial surfaces (47%) within 3 km, cropland (35%), trees (27%) and grassland (26%) within 16 km, and cropland (56%) within 80 km.

3 km
647 m
16 km
1,253 m
80 km
1,400 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Luoyang 60 km · Zhengzhou 66 km · Xi'an 377 km · Jinan 435 km · Wuhan 446 km · Nanjing 597 km · Datong 627 km · Tianjin 638 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 Songyang (34.4555°, 113.0319°, elevation 369 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).