Climate averages 1991–2020
Shaoyang weather
in May.
A warm, 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 warm month in Shaoyang: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 226 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 28 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lengshuijiang (50 km away). In May its highs average 25.8°C, about as warm as Shaoyang, with 211 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shaoyang ranks joint 423rd of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 762nd of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Shaoyang is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 226 mm to 271 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
Shaoyang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.0°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 57 | 10.5 | 10.611 h |
| February | 11.7°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 72 | 12.2 | 11.211 h |
| March | 15.8°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 132 | 17.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.9°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 171 | 17.2 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 26.1°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 226 | 17.3 | 13.513 h |
| June | 28.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 271 | 19.5 | 13.814 h |
| July | 31.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 186 | 14.5 | 13.714 h |
| August | 31.5°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 141 | 15.8 | 13.113 h |
| September | 28.0°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 76 | 10.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 23.0°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 67 | 8.3 | 11.512 h |
| November | 17.2°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 65 | 8.9 | 10.811 h |
| December | 11.5°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 43 | 7.8 | 10.510 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
- Lengshuijiang in MayChina · 50 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 18.0°C · 211 mm rain
- Gantang in MayChina · 55 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 18.3°C · 249 mm rain
- Shangmei in MayChina · 58 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 18.1°C · 236 mm rain
- Yongfeng in MayChina · 74 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.7°C · 252 mm rain
- Loudi in MayChina · 76 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.1°C · 231 mm rain
- Yongzhou in MayChina · 92 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.6°C · 219 mm rain
- Wugang in MayChina · 100 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 18.3°C · 230 mm rain
- Xiangxiang in MayChina · 119 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 18.9°C · 259 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 Shaoyang) is explained once on the Shaoyang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.