Climate averages 1991–2020
Bijie weather
in May.
A mild, 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 mild month in Bijie: daytime highs average 21.4°C and nights cool to about 13.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 151 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 29 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Liupanshui (91 km away). In May its highs average 21.5°C, about as warm as Bijie, with 165 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Bijie ranks joint 758th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 594th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Bijie is 3.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 23.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 151 mm to 221 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
Bijie climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.2°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 45 | 13.7 | 10.611 h |
| February | 10.5°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 40 | 12.6 | 11.211 h |
| March | 14.7°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 69 | 18.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 18.8°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 98 | 19.6 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 21.4°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 151 | 21.2 | 13.513 h |
| June | 23.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 221 | 22.1 | 13.814 h |
| July | 25.7°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 196 | 20.3 | 13.714 h |
| August | 25.4°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 160 | 18.9 | 13.113 h |
| September | 22.2°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 131 | 16.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 16.9°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 113 | 20.5 | 11.512 h |
| November | 13.6°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 59 | 14.9 | 10.811 h |
| December | 8.6°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 43 | 13.6 | 10.510 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
- Liupanshui in MayChina · 91 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 13.2°C · 165 mm rain
- Gulin in MayChina · 97 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 18.0°C · 162 mm rain
- Xuyong in MayChina · 98 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 163 mm rain
- Gusong in MayChina · 113 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 17.1°C · 152 mm rain
- Liuzhi in MayChina · 120 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 14.9°C · 190 mm rain
- Junlian in MayChina · 123 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.9°C · 117 mm rain
- Anshun in MayChina · 133 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 14.5°C · 192 mm rain
- Xunchang in MayChina · 140 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.5°C · 99 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 Bijie) is explained once on the Bijie year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.