Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhongduo weather
in May.
A warm, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Zhongduo: daytime highs average 23.5°C and nights cool to about 16.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 249 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 34 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhonghe (49 km away). In May its highs average 24.8°C, 1.3°C warmer than Zhongduo, with 241 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhongduo ranks joint 676th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 801st of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Zhongduo is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 249 mm to 267 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
Zhongduo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.9°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 86 | 13.3 | 10.511 h |
| February | 9.2°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 103 | 14.0 | 11.211 h |
| March | 13.7°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 154 | 18.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 201 | 19.1 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 23.5°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 249 | 19.0 | 13.614 h |
| June | 26.5°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 267 | 20.3 | 13.914 h |
| July | 28.8°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 268 | 21.1 | 13.814 h |
| August | 28.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 176 | 19.3 | 13.213 h |
| September | 24.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 133 | 13.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.2°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 145 | 14.9 | 11.511 h |
| November | 14.3°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 95 | 12.5 | 10.711 h |
| December | 9.1°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 60 | 11.0 | 10.310 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
- Zhonghe in MayChina · 49 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 17.5°C · 241 mm rain
- Qianjiang (Chongqing), China in MayChina · 76 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 17.0°C · 204 mm rain
- Hanjia in MayChina · 77 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 216 mm rain
- Wulong (approximate) in MayChina · 111 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 19.5°C · 209 mm rain
- Jishou in MayChina · 111 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.7°C · 326 mm rain
- Fenghuang in MayChina · 130 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 16.4°C · 277 mm rain
- Tongren (Guizhou), China in MayChina · 132 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 220 mm rain
- Nanbin in MayChina · 143 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.9°C · 203 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 Zhongduo) is explained once on the Zhongduo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.