Climate averages 1991–2020
Bazhong weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Bazhong: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 16.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 146 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 46 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Donghe (58 km away). In May its highs average 24.9°C, 0.6°C cooler than Bazhong, with 129 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Bazhong ranks joint 516th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 586th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Bazhong is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 146 mm to 186 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
Bazhong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.9°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 30 | 7.7 | 10.310 h |
| February | 12.4°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 35 | 7.6 | 11.011 h |
| March | 16.7°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 58 | 10.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.9°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 90 | 11.2 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 25.5°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 146 | 13.0 | 13.814 h |
| June | 28.5°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 186 | 13.2 | 14.214 h |
| July | 30.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 273 | 19.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 30.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 189 | 15.2 | 13.313 h |
| September | 25.8°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 197 | 13.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.8°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 119 | 13.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.1°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 70 | 9.2 | 10.611 h |
| December | 11.2°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 34 | 8.1 | 10.110 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
- Donghe in MayChina · 58 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 16.4°C · 129 mm rain
- Dazhou in MayChina · 100 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.4°C · 167 mm rain
- Guangyuan in MayChina · 108 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.9°C · 96 mm rain
- Nanchong in MayChina · 135 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.7°C · 135 mm rain
- Hanzhong in MayChina · 137 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 14.1°C · 105 mm rain
- Mianyang, China in MayChina · 143 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.1°C · 112 mm rain
- Chenggu in MayChina · 152 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.0°C · 109 mm rain
- Guang’an in MayChina · 155 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.1°C · 171 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 Bazhong) is explained once on the Bazhong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.