Climate averages 1991–2020
Lijiang weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Lijiang: daytime highs average 22.4°C and nights cool to about 10.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 115 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 27 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jinniu (124 km away). In May its highs average 29.0°C, 6.6°C warmer than Lijiang, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Lijiang ranks joint 726th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 509th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Lijiang is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 23.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 115 mm to 248 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
Lijiang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.1°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 16 | 3.3 | 10.711 h |
| February | 14.2°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 17 | 3.9 | 11.211 h |
| March | 17.3°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 29 | 6.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.3°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 45 | 9.2 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 22.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 115 | 13.2 | 13.513 h |
| June | 23.0°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 248 | 21.6 | 13.814 h |
| July | 22.0°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 317 | 27.8 | 13.714 h |
| August | 21.6°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 277 | 27.9 | 13.113 h |
| September | 20.1°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 249 | 24.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 18.3°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 113 | 14.6 | 11.512 h |
| November | 15.4°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 29 | 5.2 | 10.811 h |
| December | 12.9°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 10 | 2.5 | 10.510 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
- Jinniu in MayChina · 124 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 18.0°C · 79 mm rain
- Dali Old Town in MayChina · 131 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 14.3°C · 97 mm rain
- Dali in MayChina · 143 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 14.4°C · 90 mm rain
- Xiangcheng in MayChina · 160 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 13.4°C · 84 mm rain
- Yunnanyi in MayChina · 167 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 13.6°C · 69 mm rain
- Micheng in MayChina · 172 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 15.4°C · 90 mm rain
- Lushui (approximate) in MayChina · 179 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 19.4°C · 233 mm rain
- Baoshan (Yunnan), China in MayChina · 222 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.0°C · 115 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 Lijiang) is explained once on the Lijiang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.