Climate averages 1991–2020
Guilin weather
in May.
A warm, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Guilin: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 20.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 343 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 22 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yangshuo (59 km away). In May its highs average 27.2°C, 0.6°C warmer than Guilin, with 303 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Guilin ranks joint 338th of 884 for the warmest May highs and 881st of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Guilin is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 343 mm to 373 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
Guilin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.8°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 97 | 13.6 | 10.811 h |
| February | 15.1°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 107 | 14.8 | 11.311 h |
| March | 18.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 222 | 21.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.2°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 283 | 21.0 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 26.5°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 343 | 21.4 | 13.413 h |
| June | 28.7°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 373 | 22.6 | 13.714 h |
| July | 30.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 220 | 20.0 | 13.514 h |
| August | 30.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 144 | 16.0 | 13.013 h |
| September | 29.2°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 72 | 9.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 25.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 71 | 7.4 | 11.612 h |
| November | 20.2°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 89 | 9.4 | 10.911 h |
| December | 15.0°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 69 | 9.1 | 10.611 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
- Yangshuo in MayChina · 59 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.7°C · 303 mm rain
- Liuzhou in MayChina · 139 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.5°C · 403 mm rain
- Liping in MayChina · 157 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 17.9°C · 289 mm rain
- Hezhou in MayChina · 161 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.0°C · 334 mm rain
- Wugang in MayChina · 164 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 18.3°C · 230 mm rain
- Yongzhou in MayChina · 183 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.6°C · 219 mm rain
- Yizhou in MayChina · 186 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.3°C · 340 mm rain
- Laibin in MayChina · 202 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 279 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 Guilin) is explained once on the Guilin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.