Climate averages 1991–2020
Lidu weather
in May.
A warm, 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 warm month in Lidu: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 179 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes May a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 38 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fuling (10 km away). In May its highs average 25.9°C, about as warm as Lidu, with 180 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Lidu ranks joint 423rd of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 660th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Lidu is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 179 mm to 187 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
Lidu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.0°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 33 | 8.3 | 10.510 h |
| February | 13.6°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 40 | 9.1 | 11.111 h |
| March | 17.8°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 83 | 14.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 127 | 15.2 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 26.1°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 179 | 16.8 | 13.614 h |
| June | 28.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 187 | 15.9 | 14.014 h |
| July | 32.1°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 158 | 14.1 | 13.914 h |
| August | 32.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 133 | 13.4 | 13.213 h |
| September | 28.0°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 117 | 12.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.0°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 112 | 15.3 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.4°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 82 | 11.8 | 10.711 h |
| December | 12.3°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 42 | 9.7 | 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
- Fuling in MayChina · 10 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 18.0°C · 180 mm rain
- Fengcheng (Chongqing), China in MayChina · 25 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 18.3°C · 180 mm rain
- Yanjia in MayChina · 30 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 18.2°C · 180 mm rain
- Sanhe, China in MayChina · 44 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.2°C · 213 mm rain
- Wulong (approximate) in MayChina · 64 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 19.5°C · 209 mm rain
- Huixing in MayChina · 66 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 17.0°C · 167 mm rain
- Guixi in MayChina · 66 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.9°C · 195 mm rain
- Nanchuan in MayChina · 68 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.8°C · 191 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 Lidu) is explained once on the Lidu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.