Climate averages 1991–2020
Liupanshui weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 4th 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 Liupanshui: daytime highs average 21.5°C and nights cool to about 13.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 165 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 26 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Liuzhi (71 km away). In May its highs average 23.0°C, 1.5°C warmer than Liupanshui, with 190 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Liupanshui ranks joint 754th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 626th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Liupanshui is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 22.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 165 mm to 264 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
Liupanshui climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.4°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 44 | 11.6 | 10.711 h |
| February | 12.4°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 39 | 10.9 | 11.211 h |
| March | 16.4°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 63 | 15.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.8°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 99 | 18.1 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 21.5°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 165 | 21.1 | 13.413 h |
| June | 22.9°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 264 | 23.6 | 13.814 h |
| July | 24.1°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 237 | 23.4 | 13.614 h |
| August | 23.9°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 180 | 22.1 | 13.113 h |
| September | 21.2°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 148 | 18.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 17.0°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 137 | 20.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 14.2°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 56 | 13.1 | 10.911 h |
| December | 9.8°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 40 | 12.1 | 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
- Liuzhi in MayChina · 71 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 14.9°C · 190 mm rain
- Bijie in MayChina · 91 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 13.2°C · 151 mm rain
- Anshun in MayChina · 116 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 14.5°C · 192 mm rain
- Xingren in MayChina · 135 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.5°C · 165 mm rain
- Zhaotong in MayChina · 137 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 11.5°C · 89 mm rain
- Qujing in MayChina · 162 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 14.0°C · 128 mm rain
- Xingyi in MayChina · 167 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 17.0°C · 164 mm rain
- Junlian in MayChina · 178 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.9°C · 117 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 Liupanshui) is explained once on the Liupanshui year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.