Climate averages 1991–2020
Mianyang weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 4th 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 Mianyang: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 17.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 44 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Luojiang (25 km away). In May its highs average 26.0°C, 0.7°C cooler than Mianyang, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Mianyang ranks joint 278th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 316th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Mianyang is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 66 mm to 122 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
Mianyang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.6°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 9.0 | 2.7 | 10.310 h |
| February | 12.1°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 12 | 3.1 | 11.011 h |
| March | 16.7°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 22 | 5.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.7°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 39 | 6.6 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 26.7°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 66 | 9.5 | 13.714 h |
| June | 29.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 122 | 11.1 | 14.214 h |
| July | 29.8°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 257 | 18.9 | 14.014 h |
| August | 29.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 214 | 17.3 | 13.313 h |
| September | 25.1°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 142 | 13.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.3°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 49 | 9.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 15.7°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 21 | 5.0 | 10.611 h |
| December | 10.8°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 7.6 | 2.5 | 10.110 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
- Luojiang in MayChina · 25 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.2°C · 59 mm rain
- Jiangyou in MayChina · 33 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 16.8°C · 74 mm rain
- Mianzhu, Deyang, Sichuan in MayChina · 46 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 16.7°C · 73 mm rain
- Deyang in MayChina · 47 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.7°C · 59 mm rain
- Pingwu County in MayChina · 105 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.4°C · 116 mm rain
- Chengdu in MayChina · 107 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Suining in MayChina · 136 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.0°C · 102 mm rain
- Ziyang in MayChina · 150 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 18.2°C · 84 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 Mianyang) is explained once on the Mianyang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.