Climate averages 1991–2020
Huaihua weather
in May.
A warm, very wet month: the 5th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Huaihua: daytime highs average 25.7°C and nights cool to about 18.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 270 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes May a very wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 30 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hongjiang (50 km away). In May its highs average 26.5°C, 0.8°C warmer than Huaihua, with 244 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Huaihua ranks joint 483rd of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 826th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Huaihua is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 270 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
Huaihua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.9°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 90 | 13.8 | 10.611 h |
| February | 11.5°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 109 | 14.7 | 11.211 h |
| March | 15.6°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 184 | 18.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 240 | 18.9 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 25.7°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 270 | 17.6 | 13.513 h |
| June | 28.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 270 | 18.3 | 13.914 h |
| July | 31.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 192 | 15.2 | 13.714 h |
| August | 31.3°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 127 | 14.2 | 13.113 h |
| September | 28.0°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 83 | 9.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 22.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 96 | 10.7 | 11.512 h |
| November | 16.9°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 82 | 10.6 | 10.811 h |
| December | 11.2°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 64 | 10.5 | 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
- Hongjiang in MayChina · 50 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.8°C · 244 mm rain
- Fenghuang in MayChina · 57 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 16.4°C · 277 mm rain
- Tongren (Guizhou), China in MayChina · 82 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 220 mm rain
- Jishou in MayChina · 88 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.7°C · 326 mm rain
- Wugang in MayChina · 112 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 18.3°C · 230 mm rain
- Shangmei in MayChina · 129 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 18.1°C · 236 mm rain
- Zhonghe in MayChina · 140 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 17.5°C · 241 mm rain
- Lengshuijiang in MayChina · 141 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 18.0°C · 211 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 Huaihua) is explained once on the Huaihua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.