Climate averages 1991–2020
Xichang weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Xichang: daytime highs average 25.2°C and nights cool to about 15.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 97 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes May a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 31 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhaotong (157 km away). In May its highs average 20.6°C, 4.6°C cooler than Xichang, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xichang ranks joint 551st 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; Xichang is level with that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 25.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 97 mm to 193 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
Xichang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 23 | 5.8 | 10.611 h |
| February | 16.0°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 18 | 4.9 | 11.211 h |
| March | 20.8°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 32 | 7.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.0°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 46 | 9.6 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 25.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 97 | 15.6 | 13.514 h |
| June | 25.0°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 193 | 22.9 | 13.914 h |
| July | 25.8°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 220 | 22.8 | 13.714 h |
| August | 25.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 201 | 21.4 | 13.113 h |
| September | 23.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 160 | 19.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 19.4°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 129 | 18.8 | 11.512 h |
| November | 16.7°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 48 | 10.3 | 10.811 h |
| December | 13.3°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 29 | 6.9 | 10.410 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
- Zhaotong in MayChina · 157 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 11.5°C · 89 mm rain
- Junlian in MayChina · 223 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.9°C · 117 mm rain
- Shuifu in MayChina · 225 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.0°C · 97 mm rain
- Lijiang in MayChina · 232 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 10.9°C · 115 mm rain
- Leshan in MayChina · 236 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 18.3°C · 83 mm rain
- Kangding in MayChina · 236 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 5.9°C · 179 mm rain
- Luocheng in MayChina · 239 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Baixi in MayChina · 241 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.9°C · 97 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 Xichang) is explained once on the Xichang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.