Climate averages 1991–2020
Suining weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Suining: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 102 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 41 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zitong (44 km away). In May its highs average 26.3°C, about as warm as Suining, with 121 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Suining ranks joint 338th of 884 for the warmest May highs and 478th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Suining is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 102 mm to 156 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
Suining climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.9°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 20 | 6.1 | 10.410 h |
| February | 13.4°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 22 | 5.9 | 11.111 h |
| March | 17.7°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 41 | 9.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.1°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 72 | 10.6 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 26.5°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 102 | 12.2 | 13.714 h |
| June | 28.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 156 | 13.1 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 204 | 17.4 | 13.914 h |
| August | 31.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 166 | 14.9 | 13.313 h |
| September | 26.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 115 | 13.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.3°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 79 | 13.4 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.0°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 41 | 7.9 | 10.611 h |
| December | 12.0°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 23 | 6.2 | 10.210 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
- Zitong in MayChina · 44 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.1°C · 121 mm rain
- Nanchong in MayChina · 58 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.7°C · 135 mm rain
- Bachuan in MayChina · 86 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 145 mm rain
- Hechuan in MayChina · 88 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 146 mm rain
- Longgang, China in MayChina · 91 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.9°C · 130 mm rain
- Ziyang in MayChina · 99 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 18.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Guang’an in MayChina · 102 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.1°C · 171 mm rain
- Longshui in MayChina · 106 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 18.0°C · 134 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 Suining) is explained once on the Suining year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.