Climate averages 1991–2020
Xiangyang weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Xiangyang: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 97 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 47 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nanzhang Chengguanzhen (41 km away). In May its highs average 26.7°C, about as warm as Xiangyang, with 124 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xiangyang ranks joint 213th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 465th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Xiangyang is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 97 mm to 140 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
Xiangyang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.7°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 19 | 4.1 | 10.310 h |
| February | 11.7°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 26 | 5.2 | 11.011 h |
| March | 16.5°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 45 | 7.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.5°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 64 | 8.2 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 27.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 97 | 9.6 | 13.814 h |
| June | 30.3°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 140 | 9.8 | 14.214 h |
| July | 31.4°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 185 | 14.3 | 14.014 h |
| August | 30.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 165 | 13.7 | 13.313 h |
| September | 26.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 85 | 8.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.3°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 64 | 7.5 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.2°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 41 | 6.3 | 10.611 h |
| December | 10.6°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 16 | 3.4 | 10.110 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
- Nanzhang Chengguanzhen in MayChina · 41 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.7°C · 124 mm rain
- Gucheng Chengguanzhen in MayChina · 54 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 16.5°C · 90 mm rain
- Zaoyang in MayChina · 58 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 17.1°C · 100 mm rain
- Laohekou in MayChina · 59 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.9°C · 81 mm rain
- Dengzhou in MayChina · 71 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 16.7°C · 81 mm rain
- Danjiangkou in MayChina · 82 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 16.9°C · 85 mm rain
- Tanghe in MayChina · 96 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.7°C · 89 mm rain
- Zhongxiang in MayChina · 106 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.5°C · 129 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 Xiangyang) is explained once on the Xiangyang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.