Climate averages 1991–2020
Wansheng 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 Wansheng: daytime highs average 25.8°C and nights cool to about 17.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 195 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 35 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nanchuan (27 km away). In May its highs average 24.7°C, 1.1°C cooler than Wansheng, with 191 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Wansheng ranks joint 472nd of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 706th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Wansheng is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 195 mm to 200 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
Wansheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.7°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 49 | 12.5 | 10.511 h |
| February | 13.4°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 52 | 12.1 | 11.111 h |
| March | 17.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 95 | 16.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.4°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 140 | 17.7 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 25.8°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 195 | 19.0 | 13.614 h |
| June | 28.4°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 200 | 19.4 | 14.014 h |
| July | 31.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 174 | 17.4 | 13.814 h |
| August | 31.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 168 | 16.7 | 13.213 h |
| September | 27.5°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 127 | 13.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.6°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 136 | 17.6 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.2°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 90 | 14.0 | 10.711 h |
| December | 12.1°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 56 | 12.5 | 10.310 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
- Nanchuan in MayChina · 27 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.8°C · 191 mm rain
- Gunan in MayChina · 28 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 18.2°C · 179 mm rain
- Banan in MayChina · 60 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.6°C · 163 mm rain
- Luohuang in MayChina · 64 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.5°C · 172 mm rain
- Jijiang in MayChina · 75 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.7°C · 132 mm rain
- Chongqing in MayChina · 76 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 18.0°C · 163 mm rain
- Degan in MayChina · 76 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.9°C · 132 mm rain
- Baisha (Chongqing), China in MayChina · 79 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 143 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 Wansheng) is explained once on the Wansheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.