Climate averages 1991–2020
Sanming 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.
May is a hot month in Sanming: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 222 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 25 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nanping (71 km away). In May its highs average 28.6°C, about as warm as Sanming, with 223 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Sanming ranks joint 66th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 754th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Sanming is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 222 mm to 251 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
Sanming climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.7°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 62 | 8.9 | 10.711 h |
| February | 17.6°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 81 | 11.3 | 11.311 h |
| March | 20.9°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 156 | 16.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.6°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 180 | 16.7 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 28.8°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 222 | 17.9 | 13.413 h |
| June | 31.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 251 | 17.9 | 13.814 h |
| July | 34.4°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 145 | 13.7 | 13.614 h |
| August | 33.6°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 173 | 17.6 | 13.113 h |
| September | 31.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 103 | 12.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 51 | 6.5 | 11.612 h |
| November | 22.3°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 52 | 6.6 | 10.911 h |
| December | 17.1°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 51 | 6.6 | 10.511 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
- Nanping in MayChina · 71 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 20.1°C · 223 mm rain
- Shaowu in MayChina · 122 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.1°C · 296 mm rain
- Longyan in MayChina · 144 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.2°C · 246 mm rain
- Xujiang in MayChina · 145 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.5°C · 322 mm rain
- Qincheng in MayChina · 152 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.6°C · 306 mm rain
- Ximeicun in MayChina · 160 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.3°C · 172 mm rain
- Putian in MayChina · 166 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 20.2°C · 191 mm rain
- Fuzhou in MayChina · 170 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 226 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 Sanming) is explained once on the Sanming year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.