Climate averages 1991–2020
Yangshuo 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 Yangshuo: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 20.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 303 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 20 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guilin (59 km away). In May its highs average 26.5°C, 0.6°C cooler than Yangshuo, with 343 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yangshuo ranks joint 204th of 884 for the warmest May highs and 861st of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Yangshuo is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 303 mm to 309 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
Yangshuo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.8°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 82 | 12.4 | 10.811 h |
| February | 16.0°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 81 | 13.8 | 11.311 h |
| March | 19.0°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 174 | 20.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.9°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 227 | 20.4 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 27.2°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 303 | 21.8 | 13.313 h |
| June | 29.2°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 309 | 22.2 | 13.614 h |
| July | 30.8°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 194 | 17.8 | 13.514 h |
| August | 31.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 154 | 16.9 | 13.013 h |
| September | 29.9°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 79 | 10.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 26.4°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 67 | 7.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 21.2°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 74 | 8.7 | 11.011 h |
| December | 15.9°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 59 | 8.7 | 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
- Guilin in MayChina · 59 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 20.1°C · 343 mm rain
- Hezhou in MayChina · 117 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.0°C · 334 mm rain
- Liuzhou in MayChina · 121 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.5°C · 403 mm rain
- Guiping in MayChina · 160 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.6°C · 313 mm rain
- Wuzhou in MayChina · 166 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.4°C · 308 mm rain
- Laibin in MayChina · 172 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 279 mm rain
- Nanfeng in MayChina · 177 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 316 mm rain
- Yizhou in MayChina · 187 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.3°C · 340 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 Yangshuo) is explained once on the Yangshuo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.