Climate averages 1991–2020
Baisha (Chongqing), China weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Baisha (Chongqing), China: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 18.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 143 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 35 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Degan (26 km away). In May its highs average 26.6°C, about as warm as Baisha (Chongqing), China, with 132 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Baisha (Chongqing), China ranks joint 380th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 580th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Baisha (Chongqing), China is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 143 mm to 171 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
Baisha (Chongqing), China climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.1°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 39 | 11.1 | 10.511 h |
| February | 13.8°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 39 | 10.7 | 11.111 h |
| March | 18.1°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 70 | 14.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.1°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 106 | 15.6 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 26.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 143 | 16.8 | 13.614 h |
| June | 28.9°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 171 | 17.2 | 14.014 h |
| July | 32.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 164 | 16.3 | 13.814 h |
| August | 32.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 150 | 15.6 | 13.213 h |
| September | 27.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 121 | 14.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.7°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 111 | 17.6 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.4°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 71 | 12.9 | 10.711 h |
| December | 12.3°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 45 | 11.3 | 10.310 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
- Degan in MayChina · 26 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.9°C · 132 mm rain
- Jijiang in MayChina · 28 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.7°C · 132 mm rain
- Nandajie in MayChina · 38 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 143 mm rain
- Yongchuan in MayChina · 39 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 143 mm rain
- Hejiang in MayChina · 39 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 18.5°C · 138 mm rain
- Luohuang in MayChina · 44 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.5°C · 172 mm rain
- Qinggang in MayChina · 46 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 18.6°C · 142 mm rain
- Gunan in MayChina · 52 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 18.2°C · 179 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 Baisha) is explained once on the Baisha (Chongqing), China year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.