Climate averages 1991–2020
Xingyi weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the joint 2nd 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 Xingyi: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 17.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 164 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 21 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xingren (50 km away). In May its highs average 24.3°C, 2.1°C cooler than Xingyi, with 165 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xingyi ranks joint 359th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 624th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Xingyi is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 164 mm to 271 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
Xingyi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.0°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 54 | 13.4 | 10.811 h |
| February | 16.4°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 43 | 12.0 | 11.311 h |
| March | 21.1°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 65 | 14.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.0°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 81 | 14.5 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 26.4°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 164 | 16.9 | 13.313 h |
| June | 26.4°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 271 | 21.7 | 13.714 h |
| July | 26.6°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 237 | 22.0 | 13.514 h |
| August | 26.4°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 172 | 20.0 | 13.013 h |
| September | 24.3°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 133 | 15.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 20.7°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 93 | 14.5 | 11.612 h |
| November | 17.7°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 53 | 10.5 | 10.911 h |
| December | 13.4°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 48 | 11.8 | 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
- Xingren in MayChina · 50 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.5°C · 165 mm rain
- Anlong in MayChina · 61 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 15.6°C · 168 mm rain
- Qujing in MayChina · 121 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 14.0°C · 128 mm rain
- Zhongshu in MayChina · 132 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.7°C · 112 mm rain
- Liuzhi in MayChina · 137 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 14.9°C · 190 mm rain
- Anshun in MayChina · 164 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 14.5°C · 192 mm rain
- Miyang in MayChina · 167 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 17.4°C · 86 mm rain
- Liupanshui in MayChina · 167 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 13.2°C · 165 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 Xingyi) is explained once on the Xingyi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.