Climate averages 1991–2020
Longquan weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 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 Longquan: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 17.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 89 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 20 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Anning (43 km away). In May its highs average 25.4°C, 1.9°C cooler than Longquan, with 107 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Longquan ranks joint 190th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 438th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Longquan is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 89 mm to 168 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
Longquan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.4°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 23 | 3.7 | 10.811 h |
| February | 20.3°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 16 | 3.3 | 11.311 h |
| March | 24.2°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 22 | 4.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.8°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 36 | 6.3 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 27.3°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 89 | 11.7 | 13.313 h |
| June | 26.6°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 168 | 19.5 | 13.614 h |
| July | 25.6°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 220 | 24.9 | 13.514 h |
| August | 25.6°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 202 | 23.7 | 13.013 h |
| September | 24.3°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 129 | 19.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 22.1°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 74 | 13.0 | 11.612 h |
| November | 19.5°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 25 | 4.3 | 11.011 h |
| December | 17.0°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 12 | 2.6 | 10.611 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
- Anning in MayChina · 43 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 15.8°C · 107 mm rain
- Haikou, China in MayChina · 44 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 15.8°C · 107 mm rain
- Yuxi in MayChina · 52 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 16.6°C · 97 mm rain
- Majie in MayChina · 63 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.2°C · 139 mm rain
- Kunming in MayChina · 69 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 15.3°C · 139 mm rain
- Chuxiong in MayChina · 74 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.5°C · 89 mm rain
- Jianshui in MayChina · 105 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 14.3°C · 176 mm rain
- Miyang in MayChina · 133 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 17.4°C · 86 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 Longquan) is explained once on the Longquan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.