Climate averages 1991–2020
Chenghua weather
in May.
A warm, very 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 Chenghua: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 191 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 15 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shantou (15 km away). In May its highs average 27.1°C, about as warm as Chenghua, with 185 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Chenghua ranks joint 244th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 694th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Chenghua is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 191 mm to 260 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
Chenghua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.7°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 29 | 4.6 | 10.911 h |
| February | 18.3°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 44 | 6.9 | 11.411 h |
| March | 20.8°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 65 | 9.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.1°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 107 | 12.0 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 26.9°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 191 | 17.5 | 13.313 h |
| June | 28.8°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 260 | 22.2 | 13.614 h |
| July | 29.9°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 206 | 20.6 | 13.413 h |
| August | 29.8°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 270 | 21.2 | 12.913 h |
| September | 29.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 151 | 13.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 26.8°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 46 | 4.9 | 11.612 h |
| November | 23.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 50 | 4.6 | 11.011 h |
| December | 19.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 38 | 4.5 | 10.711 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
- Shantou in MayChina · 15 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 22.6°C · 185 mm rain
- Chaozhou in MayChina · 26 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.4°C · 220 mm rain
- Huanggang (Guangdong), China in MayChina · 34 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 194 mm rain
- Haimen in MayChina · 34 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 22.7°C · 191 mm rain
- Jieyang in MayChina · 42 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 193 mm rain
- Puning in MayChina · 64 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.2°C · 203 mm rain
- Huicheng (Guangdong), China in MayChina · 68 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 23.0°C · 183 mm rain
- Hepo in MayChina · 96 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.0°C · 206 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 Chenghua) is explained once on the Chenghua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.