Climate averages 1991–2020
Guangyuan weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Guangyuan: daytime highs average 25.2°C and nights cool to about 15.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 48 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Donghe (51 km away). In May its highs average 24.9°C, about as warm as Guangyuan, with 129 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Guangyuan ranks joint 551st of 884 for the warmest May highs and 464th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Guangyuan is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 96 mm to 139 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
Guangyuan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.8°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 20 | 5.7 | 10.310 h |
| February | 11.4°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 27 | 6.9 | 11.011 h |
| March | 15.9°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 43 | 9.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.3°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 65 | 10.1 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 25.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 96 | 11.6 | 13.814 h |
| June | 28.1°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 139 | 13.1 | 14.214 h |
| July | 29.4°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 259 | 20.5 | 14.114 h |
| August | 29.0°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 186 | 18.1 | 13.313 h |
| September | 24.2°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 193 | 16.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.4°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 97 | 13.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 14.7°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 48 | 8.0 | 10.511 h |
| December | 9.8°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 19 | 5.3 | 10.110 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
- Donghe in MayChina · 51 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 16.4°C · 129 mm rain
- Bazhong in MayChina · 108 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.6°C · 146 mm rain
- Mianyang, China in MayChina · 114 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.1°C · 112 mm rain
- Pingwu County in MayChina · 122 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.4°C · 116 mm rain
- Jiangyou in MayChina · 128 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 16.8°C · 74 mm rain
- Hanzhong in MayChina · 132 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 14.1°C · 105 mm rain
- Longnan (approximate) in MayChina · 136 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 15.2°C · 94 mm rain
- Mianyang in MayChina · 153 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.2°C · 66 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 Guangyuan) is explained once on the Guangyuan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.