Climate averages 1991–2020
Donghe weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Donghe: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 16.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 129 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 47 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guangyuan (51 km away). In May its highs average 25.2°C, about as warm as Donghe, with 96 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Donghe ranks joint 578th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 548th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Donghe is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 129 mm to 179 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
Donghe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.4°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 30 | 8.2 | 10.310 h |
| February | 11.8°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 37 | 8.6 | 11.011 h |
| March | 16.2°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 54 | 10.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.3°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 82 | 11.7 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 24.9°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 129 | 13.5 | 13.814 h |
| June | 27.9°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 179 | 14.4 | 14.214 h |
| July | 29.6°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 315 | 22.5 | 14.014 h |
| August | 29.3°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 219 | 19.6 | 13.313 h |
| September | 24.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 217 | 16.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.1°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 119 | 14.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 15.5°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 65 | 9.7 | 10.511 h |
| December | 10.6°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 30 | 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
- Guangyuan in MayChina · 51 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.9°C · 96 mm rain
- Bazhong in MayChina · 58 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.6°C · 146 mm rain
- Mianyang, China in MayChina · 109 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.1°C · 112 mm rain
- Hanzhong in MayChina · 115 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 14.1°C · 105 mm rain
- Chenggu in MayChina · 140 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.0°C · 109 mm rain
- Dazhou in MayChina · 158 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.4°C · 167 mm rain
- Jiangyou in MayChina · 158 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 16.8°C · 74 mm rain
- Xixiang in MayChina · 161 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.0°C · 115 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 Donghe) is explained once on the Donghe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.