Climate averages 1991–2020
Lichuan weather
in May.
A mild, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Lichuan: daytime highs average 20.5°C and nights cool to about 13.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 226 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 40 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Enshi (61 km away). In May its highs average 24.3°C, 3.7°C warmer than Lichuan, with 196 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Lichuan ranks joint 792nd of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 762nd of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Lichuan is 4.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 23.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 226 mm to 265 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
Lichuan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.6°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 63 | 12.9 | 10.410 h |
| February | 7.0°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 73 | 13.5 | 11.111 h |
| March | 11.5°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 118 | 16.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 16.9°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 178 | 17.4 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 20.5°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 226 | 18.6 | 13.714 h |
| June | 23.6°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 265 | 19.1 | 14.114 h |
| July | 25.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 276 | 22.4 | 13.914 h |
| August | 25.7°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 230 | 19.8 | 13.213 h |
| September | 21.8°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 171 | 15.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 16.5°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 146 | 15.8 | 11.511 h |
| November | 11.8°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 101 | 13.6 | 10.711 h |
| December | 6.6°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 60 | 12.3 | 10.210 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
- Enshi in MayChina · 61 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 17.1°C · 196 mm rain
- Wanzhou in MayChina · 68 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 19.1°C · 169 mm rain
- Nanbin in MayChina · 79 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.9°C · 203 mm rain
- Qianjiang (Chongqing), China in MayChina · 86 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 17.0°C · 204 mm rain
- Yezhou in MayChina · 90 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 17.2°C · 160 mm rain
- Yong’an in MayChina · 99 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 18.2°C · 153 mm rain
- Hanfeng in MayChina · 106 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.9°C · 157 mm rain
- Linjiang in MayChina · 107 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 19.4°C · 194 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 Lichuan) is explained once on the Lichuan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.