Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhanjiang weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Zhanjiang: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 207 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 08 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wuchuan (46 km away). In May its highs average 29.8°C, about as warm as Zhanjiang, with 237 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhanjiang ranks joint 12th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 737th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Zhanjiang is 4.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 207 mm to 248 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
Zhanjiang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.5°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 27 | 4.7 | 11.011 h |
| February | 22.1°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 26 | 5.5 | 11.411 h |
| March | 25.2°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 45 | 8.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.3°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 101 | 13.0 | 12.613 h |
| May, selected | 30.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 207 | 19.9 | 13.113 h |
| June | 31.2°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 248 | 21.4 | 13.413 h |
| July | 31.4°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 216 | 21.8 | 13.313 h |
| August | 31.0°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 268 | 24.7 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 182 | 18.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 75 | 8.2 | 11.712 h |
| November | 25.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 31 | 5.7 | 11.111 h |
| December | 21.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 28 | 3.9 | 10.911 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
- Wuchuan in MayChina · 46 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.5°C · 237 mm rain
- Lianjiang in MayChina · 47 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.8°C · 257 mm rain
- Huazhou in MayChina · 49 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 296 mm rain
- Maoming in MayChina · 73 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.8°C · 298 mm rain
- Shankou in MayChina · 80 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.6°C · 174 mm rain
- Gaozhou in MayChina · 90 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 269 mm rain
- Baisha (Guangxi), China in MayChina · 91 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.4°C · 202 mm rain
- Gongguan in MayChina · 103 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 204 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 Zhanjiang) is explained once on the Zhanjiang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.