Climate averages 1991–2020
Qincheng 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 Qincheng: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 19.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 306 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 28 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jianchang (40 km away). In May its highs average 27.5°C, about as warm as Qincheng, with 275 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Qincheng ranks joint 168th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 863rd of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Qincheng is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 306 mm to 360 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
Qincheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.7°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 84 | 10.3 | 10.611 h |
| February | 14.5°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 101 | 12.1 | 11.211 h |
| March | 17.9°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 229 | 17.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.6°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 279 | 17.8 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 27.5°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 306 | 17.7 | 13.513 h |
| June | 29.7°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 360 | 18.7 | 13.814 h |
| July | 33.5°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 156 | 12.8 | 13.714 h |
| August | 33.0°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 142 | 15.8 | 13.113 h |
| September | 29.9°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 87 | 9.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 25.5°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 63 | 6.7 | 11.512 h |
| November | 19.7°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 87 | 8.3 | 10.811 h |
| December | 13.8°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 71 | 7.7 | 10.510 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
- Jianchang in MayChina · 40 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.8°C · 275 mm rain
- Xujiang in MayChina · 46 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.5°C · 322 mm rain
- Aoxi in MayChina · 73 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 18.9°C · 265 mm rain
- Bashan in MayChina · 78 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 269 mm rain
- Xiugu in MayChina · 81 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 316 mm rain
- Fuzhou, China in MayChina · 85 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 268 mm rain
- Shaowu in MayChina · 95 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.1°C · 296 mm rain
- Jinfeng in MayChina · 114 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 290 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 Qincheng) is explained once on the Qincheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.