Climate averages 1991–2020
Gongchangling weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Gongchangling: daytime highs average 21.3°C and nights cool to about 10.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 28 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Liaoyang (29 km away). In May its highs average 23.1°C, 1.9°C warmer than Gongchangling, with 62 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Gongchangling ranks joint 763rd of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 368th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Gongchangling is 3.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 74 mm to 113 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
Gongchangling climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -5.3°C-15.6°C | -15.6°C | 8.8 | 2.4 | 9.610 h |
| February | -0.4°C-11.4°C | -11.4°C | 15 | 3.0 | 10.611 h |
| March | 6.8°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 25 | 4.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.8°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 53 | 7.4 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 21.3°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 74 | 9.0 | 14.514 h |
| June | 25.7°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 113 | 12.1 | 15.115 h |
| July | 27.8°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 167 | 15.2 | 14.815 h |
| August | 27.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 210 | 14.6 | 13.814 h |
| September | 22.5°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 66 | 7.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 14.8°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 51 | 6.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 4.9°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 39 | 6.1 | 9.910 h |
| December | -2.9°C-12.1°C | -12.1°C | 17 | 3.6 | 9.39 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
- Liaoyang in MayChina · 29 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 11.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Benxi in MayChina · 33 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 9.2°C · 77 mm rain
- Anshan in MayChina · 39 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 11.5°C · 63 mm rain
- Jiupu in MayChina · 42 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 11.6°C · 63 mm rain
- Sujiatun in MayChina · 61 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 11.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Haicheng in MayChina · 66 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 11.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Liaozhong in MayChina · 75 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 11.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Shenyang in MayChina · 75 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 11.0°C · 63 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 Gongchangling) is explained once on the Gongchangling year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.