Climate averages 1991–2020
Licheng weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Licheng: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 327 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 15 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shijie (22 km away). In May its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Licheng, with 295 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Licheng ranks joint 73rd of 884 for the warmest May highs and 878th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Licheng is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 327 mm to 409 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
Licheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.7°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 44 | 6.3 | 10.911 h |
| February | 20.1°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 61 | 9.5 | 11.411 h |
| March | 23.0°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 135 | 14.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.2°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 225 | 17.3 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 28.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 327 | 21.6 | 13.213 h |
| June | 30.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 409 | 24.5 | 13.514 h |
| July | 31.1°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 244 | 23.7 | 13.413 h |
| August | 31.1°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 275 | 23.6 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 165 | 15.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.2°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 49 | 5.9 | 11.612 h |
| November | 24.6°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 37 | 5.3 | 11.011 h |
| December | 20.0°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 40 | 4.9 | 10.711 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
- Shijie in MayChina · 22 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 295 mm rain
- Dongguan in MayChina · 32 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 295 mm rain
- Dasha in MayChina · 44 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 318 mm rain
- Luoyang, China in MayChina · 48 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.6°C · 301 mm rain
- Humen in MayChina · 55 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 258 mm rain
- Tantou in MayChina · 61 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 258 mm rain
- Shajing in MayChina · 61 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 258 mm rain
- Shiqiao in MayChina · 62 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.3°C · 290 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 Licheng) is explained once on the Licheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.