Climate averages 1991–2020
Pingxiang weather
in May.
A warm, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Pingxiang: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 18.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 297 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 30 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xishan (35 km away). In May its highs average 27.1°C, about as warm as Pingxiang, with 298 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Pingxiang ranks joint 259th of 884 for the warmest May highs and 857th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Pingxiang is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 297 mm to 334 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 climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.2°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 74 | 11.0 | 10.611 h |
| February | 12.9°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 90 | 12.5 | 11.211 h |
| March | 16.8°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 200 | 18.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.7°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 279 | 18.8 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 26.8°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 297 | 18.1 | 13.513 h |
| June | 29.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 334 | 19.5 | 13.914 h |
| July | 32.7°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 185 | 15.9 | 13.714 h |
| August | 32.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 182 | 17.2 | 13.113 h |
| September | 28.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 97 | 11.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 24.0°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 66 | 7.8 | 11.512 h |
| November | 18.3°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 86 | 8.8 | 10.811 h |
| December | 12.5°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 55 | 7.7 | 10.410 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
- Xishan in MayChina · 35 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 19.0°C · 298 mm rain
- Yichun in MayChina · 59 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 19.3°C · 308 mm rain
- Guankou in MayChina · 64 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 18.9°C · 308 mm rain
- Zhuzhou in MayChina · 73 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 19.1°C · 291 mm rain
- Xiangtan in MayChina · 97 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 19.0°C · 280 mm rain
- Changsha in MayChina · 108 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.7°C · 275 mm rain
- Xinyu in MayChina · 108 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 19.5°C · 283 mm rain
- Dunhou in MayChina · 121 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.1°C · 235 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 year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.