Climate averages 1991–2020
Chengzhong weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Chengzhong: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 167 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 42 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xiaogan (35 km away). In May its highs average 26.7°C, about as warm as Chengzhong, with 172 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Chengzhong ranks joint 311th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 633rd of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Chengzhong is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 167 mm to 220 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
Chengzhong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.9°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 39 | 6.5 | 10.410 h |
| February | 11.7°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 50 | 7.4 | 11.111 h |
| March | 16.3°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 78 | 10.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.2°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 133 | 10.4 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 26.6°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 167 | 11.6 | 13.714 h |
| June | 29.4°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 220 | 12.7 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.5°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 238 | 14.2 | 13.914 h |
| August | 31.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 131 | 13.3 | 13.313 h |
| September | 27.9°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 87 | 8.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.9°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 71 | 7.5 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.8°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 52 | 6.9 | 10.611 h |
| December | 11.0°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 26 | 4.8 | 10.210 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
- Xiaogan in MayChina · 35 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.5°C · 172 mm rain
- Anlu in MayChina · 37 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 17.1°C · 151 mm rain
- Hanchuan in MayChina · 39 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.9°C · 185 mm rain
- Xinshi in MayChina · 41 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 17.5°C · 174 mm rain
- Jingling in MayChina · 54 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.6°C · 175 mm rain
- Caidian in MayChina · 61 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.2°C · 200 mm rain
- Xiantao in MayChina · 65 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 17.8°C · 205 mm rain
- Wuhan in MayChina · 79 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.6°C · 190 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 Chengzhong) is explained once on the Chengzhong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.