Climate averages 1991–2020
Xujiang weather
in May.
A warm, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Xujiang: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 19.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 322 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 27 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Qincheng (46 km away). In May its highs average 27.5°C, about as warm as Xujiang, with 306 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xujiang ranks joint 168th of 884 for the warmest May highs and 876th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Xujiang is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 322 mm to 353 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
Xujiang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.3°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 78 | 10.1 | 10.711 h |
| February | 14.9°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 99 | 12.1 | 11.211 h |
| March | 18.2°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 221 | 17.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.8°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 276 | 18.1 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 27.5°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 322 | 18.6 | 13.513 h |
| June | 29.7°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 353 | 19.3 | 13.814 h |
| July | 33.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 157 | 14.1 | 13.714 h |
| August | 32.8°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 166 | 17.2 | 13.113 h |
| September | 30.0°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 89 | 10.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 25.7°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 59 | 6.2 | 11.512 h |
| November | 20.0°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 82 | 7.9 | 10.911 h |
| December | 14.2°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 66 | 7.4 | 10.510 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
- Qincheng in MayChina · 46 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.6°C · 306 mm rain
- Aoxi in MayChina · 81 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 18.9°C · 265 mm rain
- Jianchang in MayChina · 86 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.8°C · 275 mm rain
- Bashan in MayChina · 107 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 269 mm rain
- Fuzhou, China in MayChina · 125 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 268 mm rain
- Xiugu in MayChina · 127 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 316 mm rain
- Shaowu in MayChina · 128 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.1°C · 296 mm rain
- Ji’an in MayChina · 136 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.1°C · 235 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 Xujiang) is explained once on the Xujiang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.