Climate averages 1991–2020
Nanzhang Chengguanzhen weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 4th 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 Nanzhang Chengguanzhen: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 124 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 46 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xiangyang (41 km away). In May its highs average 27.1°C, about as warm as Nanzhang Chengguanzhen, with 97 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Nanzhang Chengguanzhen ranks joint 278th of 884 for the warmest May highs and 535th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Nanzhang Chengguanzhen is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 124 mm to 176 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
Nanzhang Chengguanzhen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.4°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 29 | 5.4 | 10.310 h |
| February | 11.5°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 36 | 7.1 | 11.011 h |
| March | 16.4°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 59 | 8.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.4°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 79 | 9.6 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 26.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 124 | 11.9 | 13.814 h |
| June | 30.0°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 176 | 12.1 | 14.214 h |
| July | 31.3°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 228 | 18.5 | 14.014 h |
| August | 30.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 209 | 17.8 | 13.313 h |
| September | 26.5°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 110 | 11.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.0°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 79 | 9.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.1°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 51 | 7.4 | 10.611 h |
| December | 10.5°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 22 | 4.5 | 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
- Xiangyang in MayChina · 41 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 16.9°C · 97 mm rain
- Gucheng Chengguanzhen in MayChina · 57 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 16.5°C · 90 mm rain
- Laohekou in MayChina · 69 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.9°C · 81 mm rain
- Danjiangkou in MayChina · 90 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 16.9°C · 85 mm rain
- Jingmen in MayChina · 91 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 17.5°C · 142 mm rain
- Zaoyang in MayChina · 95 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 17.1°C · 100 mm rain
- Zhongxiang in MayChina · 99 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.5°C · 129 mm rain
- Dengzhou in MayChina · 103 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 16.7°C · 81 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 Nanzhang Chengguanzhen) is explained once on the Nanzhang Chengguanzhen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.