Climate averages 1991–2020
Shixing 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 Shixing: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 272 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 20 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xiongzhou (30 km away). In May its highs average 27.9°C, about as warm as Shixing, with 239 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shixing ranks joint 115th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 830th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Shixing is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 272 mm to 294 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
Shixing climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.5°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 59 | 7.5 | 10.811 h |
| February | 16.7°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 70 | 10.5 | 11.311 h |
| March | 19.9°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 154 | 16.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.8°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 206 | 17.9 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 28.1°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 272 | 20.9 | 13.313 h |
| June | 30.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 294 | 22.5 | 13.714 h |
| July | 32.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 179 | 19.2 | 13.514 h |
| August | 32.4°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 217 | 20.6 | 13.013 h |
| September | 30.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 128 | 14.2 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.0°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 54 | 6.6 | 11.612 h |
| November | 21.8°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 54 | 6.8 | 11.011 h |
| December | 16.2°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 46 | 5.9 | 10.611 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
- Xiongzhou in MayChina · 30 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 20.9°C · 239 mm rain
- Shaoguan in MayChina · 51 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.2°C · 306 mm rain
- Maba in MayChina · 56 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.4°C · 306 mm rain
- Lecheng in MayChina · 75 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.6°C · 246 mm rain
- Ganzhou in MayChina · 133 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 20.6°C · 232 mm rain
- Chenzhou in MayChina · 140 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 19.4°C · 240 mm rain
- Heyuan in MayChina · 149 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 22.4°C · 240 mm rain
- Lianzhou in MayChina · 172 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.9°C · 288 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 Shixing) is explained once on the Shixing year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.