Climate averages 1991–2020
Wenchang weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Wenchang: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 25.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 174 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 03 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Qionghai (49 km away). In May its highs average 30.2°C, 0.8°C cooler than Wenchang, with 149 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Wenchang ranks 6th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 651st of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Wenchang is 5.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 31.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 174 mm to 165 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
Wenchang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.4°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 26 | 7.1 | 11.111 h |
| February | 23.9°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 29 | 8.2 | 11.511 h |
| March | 26.6°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 40 | 10.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 77 | 13.0 | 12.613 h |
| May, selected | 31.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 174 | 17.4 | 13.013 h |
| June | 31.7°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 165 | 18.3 | 13.313 h |
| July | 31.7°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 191 | 20.1 | 13.213 h |
| August | 31.1°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 259 | 25.0 | 12.813 h |
| September | 29.9°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 247 | 22.2 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 179 | 15.7 | 11.712 h |
| November | 25.8°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 58 | 10.4 | 11.211 h |
| December | 22.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 33 | 6.8 | 11.011 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
- Qionghai in MayChina · 49 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.8°C · 149 mm rain
- Qiongshan in MayChina · 69 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 25.5°C · 123 mm rain
- Haikou in MayChina · 72 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 25.6°C · 123 mm rain
- Wanning in MayChina · 95 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 26.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Xucheng in MayChina · 109 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 25.1°C · 121 mm rain
- Nada in MayChina · 128 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.0°C · 185 mm rain
- Dacheng in MayChina · 148 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 24.0°C · 185 mm rain
- Wuzhishan in MayChina · 161 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 186 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 Wenchang) is explained once on the Wenchang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.