Climate averages 1991–2020
Nanpiao weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Nanpiao: daytime highs average 24.4°C and nights cool to about 12.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 28 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jinzhou (33 km away). In May its highs average 22.5°C, 1.9°C cooler than Nanpiao, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Nanpiao ranks joint 620th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 143rd of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Nanpiao is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 50 mm to 86 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Nanpiao climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.6°C-11.5°C | -11.5°C | 2.8 | 0.8 | 9.610 h |
| February | 2.7°C-7.8°C | -7.8°C | 4.7 | 1.2 | 10.611 h |
| March | 9.5°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 13 | 2.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.6°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 28 | 4.7 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 24.4°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 50 | 6.3 | 14.514 h |
| June | 28.2°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 86 | 9.9 | 15.115 h |
| July | 29.9°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 137 | 11.2 | 14.815 h |
| August | 28.7°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 147 | 10.4 | 13.814 h |
| September | 24.6°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 43 | 5.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.1°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 33 | 4.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 6.9°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 15 | 2.8 | 9.910 h |
| December | 0.1°C-8.7°C | -8.7°C | 4.1 | 1.2 | 9.39 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Jinzhou in MayChina · 33 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 12.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Lianshan in MayChina · 38 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 12.7°C · 48 mm rain
- Huludao in MayChina · 39 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.9°C · 48 mm rain
- Xingcheng in MayChina · 54 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 12.5°C · 47 mm rain
- Chaoyang in MayChina · 58 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 11.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Beipiao in MayChina · 77 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 10.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Beining in MayChina · 103 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 10.9°C · 54 mm rain
- Panshan in MayChina · 109 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 11.7°C · 54 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 Nanpiao) is explained once on the Nanpiao year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.