Climate averages 1991–2020
Mingguang weather
in May.
A warm, 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 warm month in Mingguang: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 16.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 97 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 50 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bengbu (59 km away). In May its highs average 26.4°C, about as warm as Mingguang, with 88 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Mingguang ranks joint 404th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 465th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Mingguang is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 97 mm to 160 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
Mingguang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 38 | 5.8 | 10.310 h |
| February | 10.0°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 40 | 6.7 | 11.011 h |
| March | 14.9°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 59 | 7.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.2°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 66 | 7.3 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 26.2°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 97 | 8.5 | 13.814 h |
| June | 29.3°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 160 | 9.8 | 14.314 h |
| July | 31.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 223 | 15.0 | 14.114 h |
| August | 30.5°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 174 | 14.4 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.8°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 88 | 8.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 49 | 6.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 15.7°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 47 | 6.6 | 10.511 h |
| December | 9.3°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 27 | 4.8 | 10.010 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
- Bengbu in MayChina · 59 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.5°C · 88 mm rain
- Chuzhou in MayChina · 60 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 116 mm rain
- Huainan in MayChina · 92 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.7°C · 90 mm rain
- Nanjing in MayChina · 111 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.3°C · 121 mm rain
- Qiuji in MayChina · 113 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.7°C · 79 mm rain
- Hefei in MayChina · 120 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 17.2°C · 113 mm rain
- Suicheng in MayChina · 124 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.7°C · 76 mm rain
- Zhenzhou in MayChina · 126 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.3°C · 115 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 Mingguang) is explained once on the Mingguang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.