Climate averages 1991–2020

Liaoyang weather
in May.

A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

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

Average high 23.1°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 11.1°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 62 mm 8 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Liaoyang · average highYear overview

May is a warm month in Liaoyang: daytime highs average 23.1°C and nights cool to about 11.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 28 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Anshan (23 km away). In May its highs average 23.1°C, about as warm as Liaoyang, with 63 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Liaoyang ranks joint 696th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 267th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Liaoyang is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.

From May to June, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 62 mm to 98 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. -20-15-10-505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2000

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

Every month, side by side

Liaoyang climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Liaoyang, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January -4.5°C-14.7°C-14.7°C7.02.09.610 h
February 0.6°C-10.3°C-10.3°C122.610.611 h
March 8.1°C-3.8°C-3.8°C213.911.912 h
April 16.4°C3.6°C3.6°C466.613.313 h
May, selected 23.1°C11.1°C11.1°C628.014.514 h
June 27.3°C17.0°C17.0°C9810.715.115 h
July 29.0°C20.7°C20.7°C15113.314.815 h
August 27.9°C19.7°C19.7°C17411.613.814 h
September 23.6°C13.4°C13.4°C586.812.513 h
October 16.0°C5.3°C5.3°C466.411.111 h
November 5.8°C-3.6°C-3.6°C325.19.910 h
December -1.9°C-11.0°C-11.0°C133.09.39 h

Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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 Liaoyang

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