Climate averages 1991–2020

Jianchang 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 27.5°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 19.8°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 275 mm 17 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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May is a warm month in Jianchang: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 275 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 30 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Qincheng (40 km away). In May its highs average 27.5°C, about as warm as Jianchang, with 306 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jianchang ranks joint 168th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 832nd of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Jianchang is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.

From May to June, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 275 mm to 337 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. 0510152025303540 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 3500

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

Every month, side by side

Jianchang climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Jianchang, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 11.6°C4.3°C4.3°C8010.410.611 h
February 14.4°C6.3°C6.3°C9312.011.211 h
March 18.0°C10.0°C10.0°C20817.312.012 h
April 23.7°C15.2°C15.2°C25117.212.813 h
May, selected 27.5°C19.8°C19.8°C27516.913.513 h
June 29.9°C23.4°C23.4°C33717.113.914 h
July 33.6°C26.0°C26.0°C14412.013.714 h
August 33.1°C25.7°C25.7°C12914.513.113 h
September 29.8°C22.3°C22.3°C799.212.312 h
October 25.4°C17.1°C17.1°C586.311.512 h
November 19.7°C11.5°C11.5°C808.110.811 h
December 13.8°C5.8°C5.8°C677.810.410 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

Distance from Jianchang

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