Climate averages 1991–2020

Huilong weather
in May.

A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 22.2°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 16.6°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 116 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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May is a warm month in Huilong: daytime highs average 22.2°C and nights cool to about 16.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 116 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 46 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Chongming (22 km away). In May its highs average 22.2°C, about as warm as Huilong, with 122 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Huilong ranks joint 732nd of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 514th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Huilong is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.

From May to June, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 116 mm to 241 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. 05101520253035 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 2500

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

Every month, side by side

Huilong climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Huilong, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 7.4°C2.6°C2.6°C638.510.310 h
February 8.5°C3.4°C3.4°C668.711.011 h
March 12.1°C6.4°C6.4°C9710.912.012 h
April 17.2°C11.2°C11.2°C10210.012.913 h
May, selected 22.2°C16.6°C16.6°C1169.513.814 h
June 25.4°C20.9°C20.9°C24112.314.214 h
July 29.3°C25.3°C25.3°C15912.214.014 h
August 29.3°C25.7°C25.7°C15312.913.313 h
September 25.9°C22.2°C22.2°C1099.912.412 h
October 21.4°C17.1°C17.1°C635.911.411 h
November 16.2°C11.4°C11.4°C657.710.611 h
December 10.1°C5.2°C5.2°C486.810.110 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 Huilong

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 Huilong) is explained once on the Huilong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.