Climate averages 1991–2020
Maoming weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Maoming: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 298 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 10 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wuchuan (28 km away). In May its highs average 29.8°C, about as warm as Maoming, with 237 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Maoming ranks joint 22nd of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 858th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Maoming is 4.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 298 mm to 382 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
Maoming climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.9°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 33 | 5.6 | 11.011 h |
| February | 22.2°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 36 | 7.2 | 11.411 h |
| March | 25.1°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 72 | 11.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 160 | 15.9 | 12.613 h |
| May, selected | 29.8°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 298 | 23.2 | 13.213 h |
| June | 30.8°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 382 | 25.8 | 13.413 h |
| July | 31.2°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 301 | 25.0 | 13.313 h |
| August | 31.0°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 340 | 26.1 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 200 | 18.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.9°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 72 | 7.8 | 11.712 h |
| November | 26.3°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 35 | 5.6 | 11.111 h |
| December | 22.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 31 | 4.3 | 10.811 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
- Wuchuan in MayChina · 28 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.5°C · 237 mm rain
- Gaozhou in MayChina · 29 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 269 mm rain
- Huazhou in MayChina · 34 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 296 mm rain
- Lianjiang in MayChina · 65 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.8°C · 257 mm rain
- Zhanjiang in MayChina · 73 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 207 mm rain
- Xinyi in MayChina · 79 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 267 mm rain
- Yangchun in MayChina · 106 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 262 mm rain
- Yangjiang in MayChina · 110 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 263 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 Maoming) is explained once on the Maoming year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.