Climate averages 1991–2020
Fu’an weather
in May.
A warm, very 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 Fu’an: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 18.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 193 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 28 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Songcheng (42 km away). In May its highs average 25.1°C, 1.7°C cooler than Fu’an, with 191 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Fu’an ranks joint 259th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 701st of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Fu’an is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 193 mm to 279 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
Fu’an climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.4°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 54 | 8.0 | 10.611 h |
| February | 15.8°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 62 | 9.7 | 11.211 h |
| March | 18.9°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 112 | 14.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.5°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 115 | 14.6 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 26.8°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 193 | 16.2 | 13.513 h |
| June | 29.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 279 | 19.1 | 13.814 h |
| July | 32.8°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 191 | 18.0 | 13.714 h |
| August | 31.8°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 246 | 22.3 | 13.113 h |
| September | 29.2°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 140 | 14.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 25.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 58 | 7.2 | 11.512 h |
| November | 20.8°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 61 | 7.9 | 10.811 h |
| December | 16.2°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 50 | 7.1 | 10.510 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
- Songcheng in MayChina · 42 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 19.5°C · 191 mm rain
- Ningde in MayChina · 49 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.4°C · 235 mm rain
- Fuding in MayChina · 62 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 18.7°C · 200 mm rain
- Jinxiang in MayChina · 102 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 19.3°C · 183 mm rain
- Fuzhou in MayChina · 119 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 226 mm rain
- Rui’an in MayChina · 126 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 18.6°C · 174 mm rain
- Wenzhou in MayChina · 143 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 189 mm rain
- Nanping in MayChina · 154 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 20.1°C · 223 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 Fu’an) is explained once on the Fu’an year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.