Climate averages 1991–2020
Guiyang 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 Guiyang: daytime highs average 22.9°C and nights cool to about 15.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 191 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 26 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Anshun (86 km away). In May its highs average 22.4°C, 0.5°C cooler than Guiyang, with 192 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Guiyang ranks joint 703rd of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 694th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Guiyang is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 25.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 191 mm to 239 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
Guiyang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.1°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 67 | 14.5 | 10.711 h |
| February | 11.1°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 61 | 13.8 | 11.211 h |
| March | 15.2°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 97 | 19.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.9°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 130 | 19.0 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 22.9°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 191 | 19.3 | 13.413 h |
| June | 25.1°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 239 | 20.7 | 13.814 h |
| July | 26.7°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 168 | 17.7 | 13.614 h |
| August | 26.9°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 124 | 15.7 | 13.113 h |
| September | 24.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 101 | 12.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 19.1°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 105 | 14.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 15.0°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 63 | 11.5 | 10.911 h |
| December | 9.8°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 48 | 11.6 | 10.511 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
- Anshun in MayChina · 86 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 14.5°C · 192 mm rain
- Duyun in MayChina · 87 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 16.9°C · 253 mm rain
- Dushan in MayChina · 117 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 16.4°C · 241 mm rain
- Zunyi in MayChina · 124 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.7°C · 225 mm rain
- Kaili in MayChina · 126 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 16.9°C · 208 mm rain
- Liuzhi in MayChina · 134 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 14.9°C · 190 mm rain
- Bijie in MayChina · 163 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 13.2°C · 151 mm rain
- Loushanguan in MayChina · 173 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 15.7°C · 201 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 Guiyang) is explained once on the Guiyang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.