Climate averages 1991–2020

Hechi 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.

Average high 27.3°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 20.8°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 393 mm 22 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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May is a warm month in Hechi: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 20.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 393 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 20 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Yizhou (63 km away). In May its highs average 27.9°C, 0.6°C warmer than Hechi, with 340 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Hechi ranks joint 190th of 884 for the warmest May highs and 883rd of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Hechi is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.

From May to June, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 393 mm to 453 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 5101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 5000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Hechi climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Hechi, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 13.7°C7.8°C7.8°C10415.010.811 h
February 16.1°C9.9°C9.9°C10315.811.311 h
March 19.4°C13.1°C13.1°C18522.112.012 h
April 24.3°C17.5°C17.5°C25722.212.713 h
May, selected 27.3°C20.8°C20.8°C39322.413.313 h
June 29.1°C23.4°C23.4°C45324.713.614 h
July 30.2°C24.3°C24.3°C35925.013.514 h
August 30.5°C24.1°C24.1°C23020.713.013 h
September 28.8°C21.9°C21.9°C13113.612.312 h
October 25.3°C18.1°C18.1°C10210.911.612 h
November 20.7°C13.5°C13.5°C9510.911.011 h
December 15.7°C8.8°C8.8°C7510.510.611 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

Distance from Hechi

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Hechi) is explained once on the Hechi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.