Climate averages 1991–2020
Leshan weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Leshan: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 18.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 83 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 37 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Luocheng (32 km away). In May its highs average 25.9°C, 0.5°C cooler than Leshan, with 87 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Leshan ranks joint 359th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 422nd of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Leshan is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 83 mm to 125 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
Leshan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.3°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 46 | 12.1 | 10.510 h |
| February | 12.8°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 41 | 11.2 | 11.111 h |
| March | 17.3°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 48 | 11.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.7°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 73 | 12.6 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 26.4°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 83 | 11.9 | 13.614 h |
| June | 28.7°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 125 | 14.1 | 14.014 h |
| July | 30.1°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 228 | 19.7 | 13.814 h |
| August | 29.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 242 | 19.4 | 13.213 h |
| September | 25.6°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 128 | 16.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.7°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 84 | 17.1 | 11.511 h |
| November | 16.4°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 59 | 13.0 | 10.711 h |
| December | 11.5°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 42 | 11.9 | 10.310 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
- Luocheng in MayChina · 32 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Meishan in MayChina · 54 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 18.2°C · 75 mm rain
- Ya'an in MayChina · 88 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 16.5°C · 129 mm rain
- Zigong in MayChina · 101 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 18.6°C · 92 mm rain
- Ziyang in MayChina · 106 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 18.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Shuifu in MayChina · 121 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.0°C · 97 mm rain
- Baixi in MayChina · 123 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.9°C · 97 mm rain
- Yibin in MayChina · 123 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.9°C · 91 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 Leshan) is explained once on the Leshan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.