Climate averages 1991–2020
Wanzhou weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Wanzhou: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 169 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes May a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 42 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Linjiang (41 km away). In May its highs average 26.6°C, about as warm as Wanzhou, with 194 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Wanzhou ranks joint 259th of 884 for the warmest May highs and 639th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Wanzhou is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 169 mm to 198 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
Wanzhou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.4°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 43 | 9.2 | 10.410 h |
| February | 13.8°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 51 | 10.3 | 11.111 h |
| March | 18.1°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 98 | 13.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.2°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 140 | 14.4 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 26.8°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 169 | 16.0 | 13.714 h |
| June | 29.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 198 | 15.9 | 14.114 h |
| July | 32.5°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 216 | 17.5 | 13.914 h |
| August | 32.8°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 164 | 15.2 | 13.313 h |
| September | 28.4°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 147 | 12.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.6°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 121 | 13.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 17.8°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 86 | 11.7 | 10.611 h |
| December | 12.7°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 46 | 9.8 | 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
- Linjiang in MayChina · 41 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 19.4°C · 194 mm rain
- Hanfeng in MayChina · 45 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.9°C · 157 mm rain
- Liangping in MayChina · 61 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 17.5°C · 213 mm rain
- Lichuan in MayChina · 68 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 13.6°C · 226 mm rain
- Nanbin in MayChina · 89 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.9°C · 203 mm rain
- Dazhou in MayChina · 102 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.4°C · 167 mm rain
- Yong’an in MayChina · 105 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 18.2°C · 153 mm rain
- Guixi in MayChina · 111 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.9°C · 195 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 Wanzhou) is explained once on the Wanzhou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.