Climate averages 1991–2020
Gucheng Chengguanzhen weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Gucheng Chengguanzhen: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 16.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 90 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 47 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Laohekou (14 km away). In May its highs average 27.3°C, about as warm as Gucheng Chengguanzhen, with 81 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Gucheng Chengguanzhen ranks joint 259th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 446th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Gucheng Chengguanzhen is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 90 mm to 121 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
Gucheng Chengguanzhen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.2°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 22 | 4.2 | 10.310 h |
| February | 11.3°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 27 | 5.3 | 11.011 h |
| March | 16.2°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 46 | 6.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.4°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 60 | 7.4 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 26.8°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 90 | 8.9 | 13.814 h |
| June | 30.3°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 121 | 8.8 | 14.214 h |
| July | 31.4°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 145 | 13.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 30.4°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 156 | 13.5 | 13.313 h |
| September | 26.4°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 90 | 9.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.8°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 66 | 8.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 15.6°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 43 | 6.4 | 10.511 h |
| December | 10.2°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 19 | 3.7 | 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
- Laohekou in MayChina · 14 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.9°C · 81 mm rain
- Danjiangkou in MayChina · 33 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 16.9°C · 85 mm rain
- Xiangyang in MayChina · 54 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 16.9°C · 97 mm rain
- Nanzhang Chengguanzhen in MayChina · 57 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.7°C · 124 mm rain
- Dengzhou in MayChina · 63 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 16.7°C · 81 mm rain
- Shiyan in MayChina · 91 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.5°C · 78 mm rain
- Zhenping in MayChina · 102 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 16.0°C · 84 mm rain
- Zaoyang in MayChina · 106 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 17.1°C · 100 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 Gucheng Chengguanzhen) is explained once on the Gucheng Chengguanzhen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.