Climate averages 1991–2020
Wuchang weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Wuchang: daytime highs average 20.0°C and nights cool to about 7.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 49 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yushu (Jilin), China (50 km away). In May its highs average 20.6°C, 0.5°C warmer than Wuchang, with 72 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Wuchang ranks joint 808th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 416th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Wuchang is 5.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 25.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 81 mm to 113 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Wuchang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -12.0°C-23.1°C | -23.1°C | 6.1 | 2.0 | 9.29 h |
| February | -6.3°C-18.7°C | -18.7°C | 8.8 | 2.5 | 10.410 h |
| March | 3.0°C-9.0°C | -9.0°C | 19 | 4.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.2°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 38 | 7.4 | 13.513 h |
| May, selected | 20.0°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 81 | 10.8 | 14.815 h |
| June | 25.1°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 113 | 14.1 | 15.516 h |
| July | 26.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 179 | 15.4 | 15.215 h |
| August | 25.3°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 153 | 14.7 | 14.114 h |
| September | 20.4°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 74 | 9.4 | 12.613 h |
| October | 11.8°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 49 | 8.1 | 11.011 h |
| November | 0.4°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 25 | 5.3 | 9.610 h |
| December | -9.4°C-19.2°C | -19.2°C | 12 | 3.3 | 8.99 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Yushu (Jilin), China in MayChina · 50 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 8.6°C · 72 mm rain
- Shulan in MayChina · 60 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 8.2°C · 82 mm rain
- Acheng in MayChina · 71 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 7.9°C · 71 mm rain
- Shangzhi in MayChina · 73 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 7.1°C · 79 mm rain
- Jishu in MayChina · 74 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 8.2°C · 79 mm rain
- Shuangcheng in MayChina · 84 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 8.6°C · 63 mm rain
- Harbin in MayChina · 100 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 8.2°C · 65 mm rain
- Hulan in MayChina · 117 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 8.3°C · 59 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 Wuchang) is explained once on the Wuchang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.