Climate averages 1991–2020
Qionghai weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Qionghai: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 25.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 149 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 02 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wenchang (49 km away). In May its highs average 31.1°C, 0.8°C warmer than Qionghai, with 174 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Qionghai ranks joint 12th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 590th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Qionghai is 5.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 149 mm to 142 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
Qionghai climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.2°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 26 | 6.5 | 11.111 h |
| February | 23.4°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 26 | 7.1 | 11.512 h |
| March | 25.9°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 42 | 9.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.4°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 73 | 11.7 | 12.613 h |
| May, selected | 30.2°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 149 | 16.8 | 13.013 h |
| June | 31.0°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 142 | 16.7 | 13.313 h |
| July | 30.8°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 177 | 18.0 | 13.213 h |
| August | 30.5°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 234 | 23.4 | 12.813 h |
| September | 29.5°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 243 | 22.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 203 | 16.5 | 11.712 h |
| November | 25.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 65 | 11.5 | 11.211 h |
| December | 22.8°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 36 | 7.0 | 11.011 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
- Wenchang in MayChina · 49 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 25.5°C · 174 mm rain
- Wanning in MayChina · 50 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 26.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Qiongshan in MayChina · 86 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 25.5°C · 123 mm rain
- Haikou in MayChina · 89 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 25.6°C · 123 mm rain
- Nada in MayChina · 98 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.0°C · 185 mm rain
- Wuzhishan in MayChina · 113 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 186 mm rain
- Dacheng in MayChina · 116 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 24.0°C · 185 mm rain
- Xucheng in MayChina · 125 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 25.1°C · 121 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 Qionghai) is explained once on the Qionghai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.