Climate averages 1991–2020
Anshun weather
in May.
A warm, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Anshun: daytime highs average 22.4°C and nights cool to about 14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 192 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 25 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Liuzhi (51 km away). In May its highs average 23.0°C, 0.7°C warmer than Anshun, with 190 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Anshun ranks joint 726th of 884 for the warmest May highs and 700th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Anshun is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 24.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 192 mm to 301 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Anshun climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.2°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 63 | 14.5 | 10.711 h |
| February | 11.2°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 54 | 13.0 | 11.311 h |
| March | 15.4°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 92 | 18.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.8°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 123 | 18.7 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 22.4°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 192 | 20.2 | 13.413 h |
| June | 24.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 301 | 22.9 | 13.814 h |
| July | 25.1°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 237 | 22.2 | 13.614 h |
| August | 25.1°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 165 | 19.5 | 13.113 h |
| September | 22.6°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 128 | 15.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 18.1°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 114 | 16.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 14.3°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 68 | 12.2 | 10.911 h |
| December | 9.4°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 46 | 11.6 | 10.511 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Liuzhi in MayChina · 51 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 14.9°C · 190 mm rain
- Guiyang in MayChina · 86 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 15.5°C · 191 mm rain
- Xingren in MayChina · 115 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.5°C · 165 mm rain
- Liupanshui in MayChina · 116 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 13.2°C · 165 mm rain
- Bijie in MayChina · 133 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 13.2°C · 151 mm rain
- Anlong in MayChina · 135 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 15.6°C · 168 mm rain
- Duyun in MayChina · 158 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 16.9°C · 253 mm rain
- Xingyi in MayChina · 164 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 17.0°C · 164 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Anshun) is explained once on the Anshun year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.