Climate averages 1991–2020
Liping weather
in May.
A warm, 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 warm month in Liping: daytime highs average 24.7°C and nights cool to about 17.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 289 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 25 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kaili (121 km away). In May its highs average 24.0°C, 0.7°C cooler than Liping, with 208 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Liping ranks joint 598th of 884 for the warmest May highs and 846th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Liping is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 289 mm to 319 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
Liping climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.6°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 78 | 13.0 | 10.711 h |
| February | 11.3°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 94 | 13.5 | 11.311 h |
| March | 15.3°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 166 | 18.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.9°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 223 | 19.6 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 24.7°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 289 | 20.2 | 13.413 h |
| June | 27.2°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 319 | 22.1 | 13.814 h |
| July | 29.0°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 232 | 19.6 | 13.614 h |
| August | 29.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 159 | 18.2 | 13.113 h |
| September | 26.7°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 104 | 12.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 21.7°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 93 | 10.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 16.6°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 78 | 9.9 | 10.911 h |
| December | 11.1°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 57 | 9.5 | 10.511 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
- Kaili in MayChina · 121 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 16.9°C · 208 mm rain
- Hongjiang in MayChina · 130 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.8°C · 244 mm rain
- Guilin in MayChina · 157 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 20.1°C · 343 mm rain
- Wugang in MayChina · 159 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 18.3°C · 230 mm rain
- Duyun in MayChina · 161 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 16.9°C · 253 mm rain
- Tongren (Guizhou), China in MayChina · 165 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 220 mm rain
- Dushan in MayChina · 166 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 16.4°C · 241 mm rain
- Huaihua in MayChina · 172 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 18.1°C · 270 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 Liping) is explained once on the Liping year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.