Climate averages 1991–2020
Shangsi weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Shangsi: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 197 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 11 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fangchenggang (58 km away). In May its highs average 29.2°C, about as warm as Shangsi, with 196 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shangsi ranks joint 34th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 713th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Shangsi is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 197 mm to 219 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
Shangsi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.0°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 38 | 6.8 | 10.911 h |
| February | 19.4°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 28 | 5.9 | 11.411 h |
| March | 22.9°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 59 | 10.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.1°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 83 | 12.9 | 12.613 h |
| May, selected | 29.3°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 197 | 19.4 | 13.213 h |
| June | 30.5°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 219 | 21.7 | 13.513 h |
| July | 30.8°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 227 | 21.8 | 13.313 h |
| August | 30.5°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 265 | 23.6 | 12.913 h |
| September | 29.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 163 | 16.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 26.9°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 80 | 9.0 | 11.712 h |
| November | 23.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 54 | 7.8 | 11.111 h |
| December | 18.7°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 38 | 6.4 | 10.811 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
- Fangchenggang in MayChina · 58 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 196 mm rain
- Dongxing in MayChina · 67 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 209 mm rain
- Chongzuo in MayChina · 68 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 175 mm rain
- Móng Cái in MayVietnam · 70 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.3°C · 209 mm rain
- Qinzhou in MayChina · 72 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.7°C · 190 mm rain
- Nanning in MayChina · 81 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 227 mm rain
- Xichang, China in MayChina · 116 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.8°C · 195 mm rain
- Pingxiang, China in MayChina · 126 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.8°C · 203 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 Shangsi) is explained once on the Shangsi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.