Climate averages 1991–2020
Xianning weather
in May.
A warm, very 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 Xianning: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 18.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 198 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 38 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Puqi (45 km away). In May its highs average 26.6°C, about as warm as Xianning, with 203 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xianning ranks joint 311th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 717th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Xianning is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 198 mm to 267 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
Xianning climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.3°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 65 | 9.4 | 10.510 h |
| February | 12.1°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 84 | 10.2 | 11.111 h |
| March | 16.5°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 130 | 14.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 177 | 13.6 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 26.6°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 198 | 13.9 | 13.614 h |
| June | 29.3°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 267 | 16.1 | 14.014 h |
| July | 32.3°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 230 | 15.2 | 13.914 h |
| August | 31.9°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 137 | 15.1 | 13.213 h |
| September | 28.3°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 94 | 9.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.2°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 67 | 8.0 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.4°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 65 | 8.0 | 10.711 h |
| December | 11.5°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 41 | 6.6 | 10.310 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
- Puqi in MayChina · 45 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 203 mm rain
- Daye in MayChina · 66 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.7°C · 193 mm rain
- Ezhou in MayChina · 79 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.8°C · 181 mm rain
- E’zhou in MayChina · 82 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.6°C · 180 mm rain
- Wuhan in MayChina · 82 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.6°C · 190 mm rain
- Xindi in MayChina · 83 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.8°C · 206 mm rain
- Huangshi in MayChina · 83 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.8°C · 189 mm rain
- Huanggang (Hubei), China in MayChina · 86 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 18.3°C · 181 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 Xianning) is explained once on the Xianning year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.