Climate averages 1991–2020
Ducheng weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Ducheng: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 272 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes May a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 15 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wuzhou (36 km away). In May its highs average 28.8°C, 0.5°C cooler than Ducheng, with 308 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Ducheng ranks joint 34th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 830th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Ducheng is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 272 mm to 255 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
Ducheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.0°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 60 | 8.4 | 10.911 h |
| February | 19.9°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 66 | 10.4 | 11.411 h |
| March | 23.0°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 132 | 16.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.8°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 209 | 17.9 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 29.3°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 272 | 21.5 | 13.213 h |
| June | 30.9°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 255 | 22.2 | 13.514 h |
| July | 31.7°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 171 | 19.3 | 13.413 h |
| August | 31.6°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 194 | 19.2 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 119 | 13.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.8°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 56 | 5.7 | 11.612 h |
| November | 24.1°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 52 | 6.3 | 11.011 h |
| December | 19.5°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 44 | 6.4 | 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
- Wuzhou in MayChina · 36 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.4°C · 308 mm rain
- Nanfeng in MayChina · 60 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 316 mm rain
- Yunfu in MayChina · 63 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.1°C · 233 mm rain
- Lubu in MayChina · 78 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 271 mm rain
- Zhaoqing in MayChina · 98 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 266 mm rain
- Huaicheng in MayChina · 100 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.5°C · 296 mm rain
- Xinyi in MayChina · 114 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 267 mm rain
- Yangchun in MayChina · 122 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 262 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 Ducheng) is explained once on the Ducheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.