Climate averages 1991–2020
Xuancheng weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 5th 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 Xuancheng: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 16.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 160 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 42 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wuhu (54 km away). In May its highs average 26.1°C, about as warm as Xuancheng, with 148 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xuancheng ranks joint 423rd of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 612th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Xuancheng is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 160 mm to 286 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
Xuancheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.2°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 73 | 9.6 | 10.410 h |
| February | 10.9°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 77 | 9.7 | 11.111 h |
| March | 15.5°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 117 | 12.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.6°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 131 | 11.0 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 26.1°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 160 | 11.0 | 13.714 h |
| June | 28.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 286 | 14.5 | 14.114 h |
| July | 32.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 200 | 14.7 | 13.914 h |
| August | 31.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 161 | 14.6 | 13.313 h |
| September | 27.6°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 79 | 9.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.8°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 66 | 6.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.9°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 55 | 7.8 | 10.611 h |
| December | 10.5°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 46 | 6.9 | 10.210 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
- Wuhu in MayChina · 54 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.3°C · 148 mm rain
- Taozhou in MayChina · 63 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.2°C · 149 mm rain
- Ma’anshan in MayChina · 85 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.9°C · 129 mm rain
- Licheng, China in MayChina · 87 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.0°C · 132 mm rain
- Tongling in MayChina · 93 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.4°C · 155 mm rain
- Chaohu in MayChina · 111 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.6°C · 135 mm rain
- Yixing in MayChina · 111 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 17.8°C · 152 mm rain
- Nanjing in MayChina · 123 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.3°C · 121 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 Xuancheng) is explained once on the Xuancheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.