Climate averages 1991–2020
Pingxiang, China weather
in May.
A hot, very 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 hot month in Pingxiang, China: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 203 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 11 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lạng Sơn (27 km away). In May its highs average 29.0°C, 0.6°C warmer than Pingxiang, China, with 220 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Pingxiang, China ranks joint 91st of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 724th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Pingxiang, China is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 203 mm to 240 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
Pingxiang, China climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.4°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 39 | 7.7 | 10.911 h |
| February | 18.8°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 29 | 7.0 | 11.411 h |
| March | 22.2°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 60 | 10.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.3°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 87 | 12.2 | 12.613 h |
| May, selected | 28.4°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 203 | 19.7 | 13.213 h |
| June | 29.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 240 | 22.9 | 13.513 h |
| July | 29.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 246 | 23.2 | 13.313 h |
| August | 29.3°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 256 | 23.3 | 12.913 h |
| September | 28.0°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 149 | 16.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 25.7°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 70 | 9.5 | 11.712 h |
| November | 22.3°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 49 | 7.1 | 11.111 h |
| December | 18.0°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 37 | 6.6 | 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
- Lạng Sơn in MayVietnam · 27 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 220 mm rain
- Chongzuo in MayChina · 70 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 175 mm rain
- Cao Bằng in MayVietnam · 81 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.5°C · 213 mm rain
- Chũ in MayVietnam · 83 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 254 mm rain
- Bắc Giang in MayVietnam · 108 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.9°C · 261 mm rain
- Thái Nguyên in MayVietnam · 109 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.6°C · 268 mm rain
- Việt Yên in MayVietnam · 113 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.0°C · 261 mm rain
- Thị Trấn Đông Triều in MayVietnam · 116 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 241 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 Pingxiang) is explained once on the Pingxiang, China year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.