Climate averages 1991–2020
Fenghuang weather
in May.
A warm, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Fenghuang: daytime highs average 24.0°C and nights cool to about 16.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 277 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 31 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jishou (45 km away). In May its highs average 25.3°C, 1.4°C warmer than Fenghuang, with 326 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Fenghuang ranks joint 644th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 835th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Fenghuang is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 277 mm to 313 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
Fenghuang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.7°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 93 | 13.5 | 10.611 h |
| February | 9.2°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 115 | 14.7 | 11.211 h |
| March | 13.6°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 175 | 18.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.6°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 231 | 18.8 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 24.0°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 277 | 18.7 | 13.514 h |
| June | 27.0°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 313 | 19.2 | 13.914 h |
| July | 29.7°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 239 | 17.2 | 13.714 h |
| August | 29.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 164 | 15.5 | 13.113 h |
| September | 26.1°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 106 | 10.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 20.2°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 116 | 11.7 | 11.512 h |
| November | 14.7°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 92 | 11.3 | 10.811 h |
| December | 9.1°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 67 | 10.4 | 10.410 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
- Jishou in MayChina · 45 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.7°C · 326 mm rain
- Tongren (Guizhou), China in MayChina · 47 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 220 mm rain
- Huaihua in MayChina · 57 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 18.1°C · 270 mm rain
- Zhonghe in MayChina · 83 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 17.5°C · 241 mm rain
- Hongjiang in MayChina · 100 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.8°C · 244 mm rain
- Zhongduo in MayChina · 130 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 16.8°C · 249 mm rain
- Zhangjiajie in MayChina · 158 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 18.4°C · 247 mm rain
- Shangmei in MayChina · 168 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 18.1°C · 236 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 Fenghuang) is explained once on the Fenghuang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.