Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhonghe 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 Zhonghe: daytime highs average 24.8°C and nights cool to about 17.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 241 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 33 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhongduo (49 km away). In May its highs average 23.5°C, 1.3°C cooler than Zhonghe, with 249 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhonghe ranks joint 588th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 792nd of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Zhonghe is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 241 mm to 268 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
Zhonghe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.9°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 76 | 13.2 | 10.611 h |
| February | 10.4°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 89 | 14.0 | 11.211 h |
| March | 14.8°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 133 | 17.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.6°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 184 | 18.6 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 24.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 241 | 18.7 | 13.514 h |
| June | 27.9°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 268 | 18.5 | 13.914 h |
| July | 30.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 240 | 18.0 | 13.814 h |
| August | 30.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 151 | 15.5 | 13.213 h |
| September | 26.4°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 122 | 12.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 130 | 13.4 | 11.512 h |
| November | 15.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 96 | 12.7 | 10.811 h |
| December | 10.0°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 59 | 10.9 | 10.410 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
- Zhongduo in MayChina · 49 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 16.8°C · 249 mm rain
- Jishou in MayChina · 74 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.7°C · 326 mm rain
- Fenghuang in MayChina · 83 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 16.4°C · 277 mm rain
- Tongren (Guizhou), China in MayChina · 84 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 220 mm rain
- Qianjiang (Chongqing), China in MayChina · 122 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 17.0°C · 204 mm rain
- Hanjia in MayChina · 124 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 216 mm rain
- Huaihua in MayChina · 140 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 18.1°C · 270 mm rain
- Wulong (approximate) in MayChina · 154 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 19.5°C · 209 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 Zhonghe) is explained once on the Zhonghe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.