Climate averages 1991–2020
Chengxiang 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 Chengxiang: daytime highs average 25.6°C and nights cool to about 17.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 151 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 44 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yong’an (43 km away). In May its highs average 25.7°C, about as warm as Chengxiang, with 153 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Chengxiang ranks joint 503rd 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; Chengxiang is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 151 mm to 201 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
Chengxiang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.9°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 33 | 8.3 | 10.410 h |
| February | 12.4°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 47 | 9.8 | 11.111 h |
| March | 16.7°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 78 | 13.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.8°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 104 | 14.8 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 25.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 151 | 14.9 | 13.714 h |
| June | 28.8°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 201 | 16.3 | 14.214 h |
| July | 31.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 224 | 19.7 | 14.014 h |
| August | 31.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 166 | 15.8 | 13.313 h |
| September | 26.9°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 150 | 13.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.6°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 114 | 12.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 70 | 10.6 | 10.611 h |
| December | 11.5°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 34 | 7.8 | 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
- Yong’an in MayChina · 43 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 18.2°C · 153 mm rain
- Wushan in MayChina · 46 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 18.3°C · 190 mm rain
- Yezhou in MayChina · 90 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 17.2°C · 160 mm rain
- Hanfeng in MayChina · 114 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.9°C · 157 mm rain
- Enshi in MayChina · 122 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 17.1°C · 196 mm rain
- Wanzhou in MayChina · 132 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 19.1°C · 169 mm rain
- Linjiang in MayChina · 133 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 19.4°C · 194 mm rain
- Lichuan in MayChina · 140 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 13.6°C · 226 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 Chengxiang) is explained once on the Chengxiang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.