Climate averages 1991–2020
Tongren (Guizhou), China 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 Tongren (Guizhou), China: daytime highs average 25.6°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 220 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 30 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fenghuang (47 km away). In May its highs average 24.0°C, 1.6°C cooler than Tongren (Guizhou), China, with 277 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Tongren (Guizhou), China ranks joint 503rd of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 751st of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Tongren (Guizhou), China is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 220 mm to 247 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
Tongren (Guizhou), China climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.7°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 81 | 13.9 | 10.611 h |
| February | 11.2°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 90 | 14.4 | 11.211 h |
| March | 15.4°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 139 | 18.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.3°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 177 | 18.3 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 25.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 220 | 18.1 | 13.514 h |
| June | 28.4°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 247 | 18.1 | 13.914 h |
| July | 31.0°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 190 | 16.1 | 13.714 h |
| August | 31.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 139 | 14.0 | 13.113 h |
| September | 27.4°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 91 | 10.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 21.8°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 100 | 11.3 | 11.512 h |
| November | 16.5°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 74 | 10.7 | 10.811 h |
| December | 11.0°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 58 | 10.4 | 10.410 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
- Fenghuang in MayChina · 47 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 16.4°C · 277 mm rain
- Huaihua in MayChina · 82 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 18.1°C · 270 mm rain
- Zhonghe in MayChina · 84 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 17.5°C · 241 mm rain
- Jishou in MayChina · 86 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.7°C · 326 mm rain
- Hongjiang in MayChina · 105 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.8°C · 244 mm rain
- Zhongduo in MayChina · 132 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 16.8°C · 249 mm rain
- Liping in MayChina · 165 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 17.9°C · 289 mm rain
- Kaili in MayChina · 173 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 16.9°C · 208 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 Tongren) is explained once on the Tongren (Guizhou), China year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.