Climate averages 1991–2020
Xixiang weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 4th 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 Xixiang: daytime highs average 25.1°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 115 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 50 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chenggu (45 km away). In May its highs average 23.6°C, 1.5°C cooler than Xixiang, with 109 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xixiang ranks joint 562nd of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 509th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Xixiang is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 115 mm to 159 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
Xixiang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 16 | 4.9 | 10.210 h |
| February | 11.1°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 25 | 5.8 | 11.011 h |
| March | 15.8°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 49 | 9.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.5°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 68 | 10.1 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 25.1°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 115 | 11.8 | 13.814 h |
| June | 28.6°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 159 | 12.4 | 14.314 h |
| July | 30.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 286 | 19.5 | 14.114 h |
| August | 29.7°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 203 | 16.5 | 13.413 h |
| September | 24.8°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 175 | 13.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.7°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 104 | 12.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | 14.5°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 60 | 9.1 | 10.510 h |
| December | 9.6°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 22 | 5.8 | 10.010 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
- Chenggu in MayChina · 45 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.0°C · 109 mm rain
- Hanzhong in MayChina · 70 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 14.1°C · 105 mm rain
- Mianyang, China in MayChina · 101 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.1°C · 112 mm rain
- Ankang in MayChina · 122 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 16.7°C · 78 mm rain
- Bazhong in MayChina · 157 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.6°C · 146 mm rain
- Guozhen in MayChina · 158 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 13.0°C · 106 mm rain
- Donghe in MayChina · 161 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 16.4°C · 129 mm rain
- Baoji in MayChina · 161 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 13.0°C · 106 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 Xixiang) is explained once on the Xixiang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.