Climate averages 1991–2020
Menglang weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Menglang: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 19.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 142 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 12 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Möng Yang (83 km away). In May its highs average 30.0°C, 0.8°C warmer than Menglang, with 139 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Menglang ranks joint 44th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 574th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Menglang is 4.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 142 mm to 188 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
Menglang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.0°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 31 | 3.7 | 10.911 h |
| February | 24.8°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 17 | 2.6 | 11.411 h |
| March | 28.4°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 26 | 3.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.2°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 43 | 6.7 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 29.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 142 | 14.5 | 13.213 h |
| June | 27.4°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 188 | 23.9 | 13.513 h |
| July | 26.2°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 281 | 28.4 | 13.413 h |
| August | 26.6°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 245 | 27.3 | 12.913 h |
| September | 26.5°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 160 | 22.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 25.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 118 | 17.0 | 11.612 h |
| November | 23.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 50 | 6.7 | 11.111 h |
| December | 21.4°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 25 | 4.5 | 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
- Möng Yang in MayMyanmar · 83 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 20.0°C · 139 mm rain
- Kēng Tung in MayMyanmar · 104 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 21.5°C · 125 mm rain
- Yunjinghong in MayChina · 110 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 22.0°C · 207 mm rain
- Pu'er in MayChina · 112 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.7°C · 166 mm rain
- Ning’er in MayChina · 127 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.2°C · 172 mm rain
- Lincang in MayChina · 148 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 16.3°C · 137 mm rain
- Lashio in MayMyanmar · 225 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.2°C · 139 mm rain
- Jianshui in MayChina · 233 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 14.3°C · 176 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 Menglang) is explained once on the Menglang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.