Climate averages 1991–2020
Gengqing weather
in May.
A cold, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a cold month in Gengqing: daytime highs average 6.1°C and nights cool to about -5.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 95 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 46 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Qamdo (153 km away, marked approximate). In May its highs average 17.0°C, 11.0°C warmer than Gengqing, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Gengqing ranks 884th of 884 for the warmest May highs and 463rd of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Gengqing is 19.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 10.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 95 mm to 167 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Gengqing climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -12.9°C-25.3°C | -25.3°C | 10 | 3.9 | 10.310 h |
| February | -10.3°C-22.6°C | -22.6°C | 17 | 5.6 | 11.011 h |
| March | -7.4°C-18.8°C | -18.8°C | 31 | 9.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | -2.3°C-12.7°C | -12.7°C | 52 | 13.0 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 6.1°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 95 | 17.9 | 13.814 h |
| June | 10.7°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 167 | 24.1 | 14.214 h |
| July | 12.2°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 174 | 23.8 | 14.014 h |
| August | 12.0°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 152 | 21.8 | 13.313 h |
| September | 9.6°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 141 | 21.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 2.9°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 79 | 15.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | -6.3°C-19.1°C | -19.1°C | 21 | 5.8 | 10.611 h |
| December | -12.1°C-25.1°C | -25.1°C | 9.8 | 3.7 | 10.110 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Qamdo (approximate) in MayChina · 153 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 4.3°C · 64 mm rain
- Yushu (Qinghai), China (approximate) in MayChina · 198 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low -1.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Kangding in MayChina · 380 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 5.9°C · 179 mm rain
- Ya'an in MayChina · 468 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 16.5°C · 129 mm rain
- Tongren (Qinghai), China in MayChina · 520 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 3.6°C · 127 mm rain
- Mianzhu, Deyang, Sichuan in MayChina · 537 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 16.7°C · 73 mm rain
- Chengdu in MayChina · 537 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Meishan in MayChina · 539 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 18.2°C · 75 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 Gengqing) is explained once on the Gengqing year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.