Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhaotong weather
in May.
A mild, moderately 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 mild month in Zhaotong: daytime highs average 20.6°C and nights cool to about 11.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 89 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 29 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Junlian (123 km away). In May its highs average 25.4°C, 4.7°C warmer than Zhaotong, with 117 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhaotong ranks joint 786th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 438th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Zhaotong is 4.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 21.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 89 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
Zhaotong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.8°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 16 | 3.9 | 10.611 h |
| February | 11.9°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 15 | 4.5 | 11.211 h |
| March | 15.9°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 30 | 8.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.1°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 48 | 12.7 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 20.6°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 89 | 17.2 | 13.513 h |
| June | 21.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 159 | 21.8 | 13.814 h |
| July | 23.4°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 200 | 21.9 | 13.714 h |
| August | 22.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 175 | 20.6 | 13.113 h |
| September | 20.0°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 121 | 18.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 15.3°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 80 | 17.6 | 11.512 h |
| November | 13.1°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 30 | 8.6 | 10.811 h |
| December | 9.0°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 15 | 4.5 | 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
- Junlian in MayChina · 123 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.9°C · 117 mm rain
- Liupanshui in MayChina · 137 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 13.2°C · 165 mm rain
- Bijie in MayChina · 155 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 13.2°C · 151 mm rain
- Xichang in MayChina · 157 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.9°C · 97 mm rain
- Xunchang in MayChina · 160 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.5°C · 99 mm rain
- Shuifu in MayChina · 161 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.0°C · 97 mm rain
- Baixi in MayChina · 174 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.9°C · 97 mm rain
- Changning in MayChina · 183 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 127 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 Zhaotong) is explained once on the Zhaotong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.