Climate averages 1991–2020
Nanxi weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 5th 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 Nanxi: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 19.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 106 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 34 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Changning (30 km away). In May its highs average 26.7°C, about as warm as Nanxi, with 127 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Nanxi ranks joint 278th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 483rd of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Nanxi is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 106 mm to 168 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
Nanxi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.0°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 33 | 10.8 | 10.511 h |
| February | 13.6°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 31 | 9.4 | 11.211 h |
| March | 18.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 51 | 11.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.3°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 77 | 13.9 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 26.7°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 106 | 14.8 | 13.614 h |
| June | 28.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 168 | 17.2 | 13.914 h |
| July | 31.4°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 212 | 19.2 | 13.814 h |
| August | 31.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 201 | 18.0 | 13.213 h |
| September | 26.9°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 123 | 15.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.3°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 84 | 17.0 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.2°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 54 | 13.1 | 10.711 h |
| December | 12.1°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 36 | 11.2 | 10.310 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
- Changning in MayChina · 30 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 127 mm rain
- Yibin in MayChina · 34 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.9°C · 91 mm rain
- Luzhou in MayChina · 44 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.8°C · 120 mm rain
- Baixi in MayChina · 45 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.9°C · 97 mm rain
- Xunchang in MayChina · 50 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.5°C · 99 mm rain
- Fuji, China in MayChina · 51 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.6°C · 105 mm rain
- Zigong in MayChina · 59 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 18.6°C · 92 mm rain
- Shuifu in MayChina · 60 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.0°C · 97 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 Nanxi) is explained once on the Nanxi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.