Climate averages 1991–2020
Junlian weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Junlian: daytime highs average 25.4°C and nights cool to about 17.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 117 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes May a wet month (the 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 Xunchang (37 km away). In May its highs average 25.2°C, about as warm as Junlian, with 99 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Junlian ranks joint 526th of 884 for the warmest May highs and 517th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Junlian is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 117 mm to 190 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
Junlian climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.7°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 72 | 18.4 | 10.611 h |
| February | 12.3°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 64 | 15.7 | 11.211 h |
| March | 16.9°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 73 | 17.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.1°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 84 | 16.0 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 25.4°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 117 | 16.8 | 13.514 h |
| June | 27.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 190 | 19.6 | 13.914 h |
| July | 30.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 279 | 23.2 | 13.714 h |
| August | 29.7°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 268 | 22.1 | 13.113 h |
| September | 25.6°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 156 | 19.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 20.1°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 103 | 20.3 | 11.512 h |
| November | 16.0°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 72 | 16.5 | 10.811 h |
| December | 11.0°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 64 | 16.5 | 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
- Xunchang in MayChina · 37 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.5°C · 99 mm rain
- Shuifu in MayChina · 52 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.0°C · 97 mm rain
- Baixi in MayChina · 59 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.9°C · 97 mm rain
- Changning in MayChina · 60 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 127 mm rain
- Yibin in MayChina · 67 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.9°C · 91 mm rain
- Gusong in MayChina · 73 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 17.1°C · 152 mm rain
- Nanxi in MayChina · 88 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.0°C · 106 mm rain
- Xuyong in MayChina · 90 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 163 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 Junlian) is explained once on the Junlian year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.