Climate averages 1991–2020
Chongzuo weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Chongzuo: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 175 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 12 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shangsi (68 km away). In May its highs average 29.3°C, 0.8°C cooler than Chongzuo, with 197 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Chongzuo ranks joint 15th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 655th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Chongzuo is 4.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 175 mm to 243 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
Chongzuo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.5°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 44 | 7.8 | 10.911 h |
| February | 20.0°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 34 | 8.3 | 11.411 h |
| March | 23.5°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 66 | 12.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.8°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 85 | 12.4 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 30.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 175 | 18.7 | 13.213 h |
| June | 31.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 243 | 22.6 | 13.513 h |
| July | 31.4°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 250 | 22.4 | 13.413 h |
| August | 31.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 258 | 22.1 | 12.913 h |
| September | 29.7°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 143 | 14.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.4°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 63 | 7.9 | 11.612 h |
| November | 23.7°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 43 | 6.7 | 11.111 h |
| December | 19.3°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 35 | 6.9 | 10.811 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
- Shangsi in MayChina · 68 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 197 mm rain
- Pingxiang, China in MayChina · 70 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.8°C · 203 mm rain
- Lạng Sơn in MayVietnam · 86 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 220 mm rain
- Nanning in MayChina · 109 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 227 mm rain
- Dongxing in MayChina · 111 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 209 mm rain
- Móng Cái in MayVietnam · 113 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.3°C · 209 mm rain
- Cao Bằng in MayVietnam · 118 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.5°C · 213 mm rain
- Fangchenggang in MayChina · 122 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 196 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 Chongzuo) is explained once on the Chongzuo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.