Climate averages 1991–2020
Xiangcheng weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: one of the warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Xiangcheng: daytime highs average 24.8°C and nights cool to about 13.4°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 84 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 22 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yunnanyi (14 km away). In May its highs average 24.8°C, about as warm as Xiangcheng, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xiangcheng ranks joint 588th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 424th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Xiangcheng is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 24.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 84 mm to 136 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
Xiangcheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.9°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 20 | 3.0 | 10.711 h |
| February | 17.3°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 17 | 3.6 | 11.311 h |
| March | 20.8°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 24 | 4.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.6°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 32 | 5.4 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 24.8°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 84 | 9.2 | 13.413 h |
| June | 24.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 136 | 15.5 | 13.714 h |
| July | 23.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 201 | 23.4 | 13.614 h |
| August | 23.3°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 202 | 23.4 | 13.013 h |
| September | 22.1°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 132 | 19.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 20.1°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 69 | 11.0 | 11.612 h |
| November | 17.4°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 23 | 3.7 | 10.911 h |
| December | 14.9°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 11 | 2.2 | 10.611 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
- Yunnanyi in MayChina · 14 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 13.6°C · 69 mm rain
- Micheng in MayChina · 16 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 15.4°C · 90 mm rain
- Jinniu in MayChina · 37 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 18.0°C · 79 mm rain
- Dali in MayChina · 38 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 14.4°C · 90 mm rain
- Dali Old Town in MayChina · 47 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 14.3°C · 97 mm rain
- Chuxiong in MayChina · 110 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.5°C · 89 mm rain
- Baoshan (Yunnan), China in MayChina · 146 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.0°C · 115 mm rain
- Jianshui in MayChina · 148 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 14.3°C · 176 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 Xiangcheng) is explained once on the Xiangcheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.