Climate averages 1991–2020
Nanning 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 Nanning: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 227 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 13 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shangsi (81 km away). In May its highs average 29.3°C, about as warm as Nanning, with 197 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Nanning ranks joint 34th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 765th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Nanning is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 227 mm to 262 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
Nanning climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 50 | 8.4 | 10.911 h |
| February | 19.0°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 38 | 8.3 | 11.411 h |
| March | 22.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 77 | 12.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.9°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 106 | 14.2 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 29.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 227 | 20.2 | 13.213 h |
| June | 30.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 262 | 22.6 | 13.514 h |
| July | 31.2°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 245 | 21.8 | 13.413 h |
| August | 31.1°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 246 | 22.2 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.0°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 156 | 14.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.7°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 73 | 8.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 23.6°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 56 | 7.8 | 11.111 h |
| December | 18.7°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 45 | 7.5 | 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
- Shangsi in MayChina · 81 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 197 mm rain
- Qinzhou in MayChina · 99 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.7°C · 190 mm rain
- Chongzuo in MayChina · 109 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 175 mm rain
- Fangchenggang in MayChina · 117 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 196 mm rain
- Guigang in MayChina · 135 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.6°C · 267 mm rain
- Laibin in MayChina · 139 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 279 mm rain
- Dongxing in MayChina · 145 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 209 mm rain
- Xichang, China in MayChina · 147 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.8°C · 195 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 Nanning) is explained once on the Nanning year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.