Climate averages 1991–2020
Loushanguan 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 Loushanguan: daytime highs average 22.7°C and nights cool to about 15.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 201 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 32 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zunyi (51 km away). In May its highs average 23.3°C, 0.6°C warmer than Loushanguan, with 225 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Loushanguan ranks joint 708th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 721st of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Loushanguan is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 201 mm to 212 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
Loushanguan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 52 | 13.2 | 10.611 h |
| February | 9.9°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 51 | 12.8 | 11.211 h |
| March | 14.2°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 96 | 17.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.2°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 137 | 18.4 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 22.7°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 201 | 19.2 | 13.514 h |
| June | 25.4°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 212 | 19.6 | 13.914 h |
| July | 27.9°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 170 | 18.1 | 13.714 h |
| August | 28.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 136 | 16.0 | 13.113 h |
| September | 24.2°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 116 | 13.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 18.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 139 | 18.3 | 11.512 h |
| November | 14.0°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 79 | 14.1 | 10.811 h |
| December | 8.9°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 50 | 12.5 | 10.410 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
- Zunyi in MayChina · 51 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.7°C · 225 mm rain
- Wansheng in MayChina · 92 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.9°C · 195 mm rain
- Gulin in MayChina · 100 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 18.0°C · 162 mm rain
- Gunan in MayChina · 100 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 18.2°C · 179 mm rain
- Nanchuan in MayChina · 116 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.8°C · 191 mm rain
- Hejiang in MayChina · 122 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 18.5°C · 138 mm rain
- Baisha (Chongqing), China in MayChina · 124 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 143 mm rain
- Xuyong in MayChina · 136 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 163 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 Loushanguan) is explained once on the Loushanguan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.