Climate averages 1991–2020
Gusong weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 5th 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 Gusong: daytime highs average 24.8°C and nights cool to about 17.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 152 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes May a wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 32 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xuyong (25 km away). In May its highs average 25.6°C, 0.8°C warmer than Gusong, with 163 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Gusong ranks joint 588th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 598th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Gusong is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 152 mm to 216 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
Gusong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.5°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 79 | 18.3 | 10.611 h |
| February | 12.2°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 68 | 15.5 | 11.211 h |
| March | 16.6°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 92 | 18.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.7°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 114 | 17.1 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 24.8°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 152 | 18.1 | 13.514 h |
| June | 27.2°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 216 | 20.3 | 13.914 h |
| July | 30.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 240 | 20.7 | 13.814 h |
| August | 29.7°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 223 | 19.7 | 13.213 h |
| September | 25.6°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 152 | 18.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.9°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 128 | 20.4 | 11.512 h |
| November | 15.8°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 92 | 16.8 | 10.811 h |
| December | 10.7°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 76 | 16.3 | 10.410 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
- Xuyong in MayChina · 25 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 163 mm rain
- Changning in MayChina · 43 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 127 mm rain
- Xunchang in MayChina · 53 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.5°C · 99 mm rain
- Gulin in MayChina · 64 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 18.0°C · 162 mm rain
- Nanxi in MayChina · 64 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.0°C · 106 mm rain
- Luzhou in MayChina · 67 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.8°C · 120 mm rain
- Junlian in MayChina · 73 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.9°C · 117 mm rain
- Yibin in MayChina · 77 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.9°C · 91 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 Gusong) is explained once on the Gusong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.