Climate averages 1991–2020

Qingyuan weather
in May.

A hot, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 28.5°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 22.4°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 389 mm 23 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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May is a hot month in Qingyuan: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 389 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 16 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Sanshui (62 km away). In May its highs average 29.0°C, about as warm as Qingyuan, with 306 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Qingyuan ranks joint 83rd of 884 for the warmest May highs and 882nd of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Qingyuan is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.

From May to June, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 389 mm to 438 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 5101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 4500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Qingyuan climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Qingyuan, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 17.1°C9.6°C9.6°C819.610.811 h
February 18.7°C11.7°C11.7°C11213.011.311 h
March 21.6°C14.8°C14.8°C22919.512.012 h
April 25.6°C19.1°C19.1°C32120.312.713 h
May, selected 28.5°C22.4°C22.4°C38922.913.313 h
June 30.2°C24.5°C24.5°C43825.013.614 h
July 31.4°C25.2°C25.2°C26422.213.413 h
August 31.5°C25.2°C25.2°C26321.613.013 h
September 30.2°C23.6°C23.6°C14914.512.312 h
October 27.7°C19.9°C19.9°C576.311.612 h
November 23.6°C15.3°C15.3°C606.511.011 h
December 18.8°C10.5°C10.5°C556.410.711 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

Distance from Qingyuan

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Qingyuan) is explained once on the Qingyuan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.