Climate averages 1991–2020
Shangzhi weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Shangzhi: daytime highs average 19.7°C and nights cool to about 7.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 79 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 51 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wuchang (73 km away). In May its highs average 20.0°C, about as warm as Shangzhi, with 81 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shangzhi ranks joint 821st of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 404th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Shangzhi is 5.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.2°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 79 mm to 101 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Shangzhi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -11.6°C-22.8°C | -22.8°C | 6.1 | 1.8 | 9.29 h |
| February | -6.1°C-18.7°C | -18.7°C | 8.8 | 2.7 | 10.410 h |
| March | 2.8°C-9.3°C | -9.3°C | 20 | 5.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.9°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 40 | 7.7 | 13.513 h |
| May, selected | 19.7°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 79 | 12.3 | 14.815 h |
| June | 24.9°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 101 | 13.9 | 15.616 h |
| July | 26.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 150 | 15.7 | 15.315 h |
| August | 25.3°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 138 | 14.9 | 14.114 h |
| September | 20.4°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 70 | 9.4 | 12.613 h |
| October | 11.6°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 47 | 8.1 | 11.011 h |
| November | 0.2°C-8.2°C | -8.2°C | 24 | 5.3 | 9.610 h |
| December | -9.4°C-18.9°C | -18.9°C | 11 | 3.2 | 8.89 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Wuchang in MayChina · 73 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 7.9°C · 81 mm rain
- Acheng in MayChina · 90 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 7.9°C · 71 mm rain
- Shulan in MayChina · 121 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 8.2°C · 82 mm rain
- Harbin in MayChina · 122 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 8.2°C · 65 mm rain
- Yushu (Jilin), China in MayChina · 122 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 8.6°C · 72 mm rain
- Hailin in MayChina · 130 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 6.9°C · 73 mm rain
- Shuangcheng in MayChina · 134 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 8.6°C · 63 mm rain
- Hulan in MayChina · 135 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 8.3°C · 59 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 Shangzhi) is explained once on the Shangzhi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.