Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhongshan weather
in May.
A hot, 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 hot month in Zhongshan: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 238 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 12 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nantou, China (24 km away). In May its highs average 29.3°C, about as warm as Zhongshan, with 281 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhongshan ranks joint 54th of 884 for the warmest May highs and 787th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Zhongshan is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 238 mm to 283 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
Zhongshan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.2°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 31 | 5.3 | 10.911 h |
| February | 20.7°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 41 | 7.3 | 11.411 h |
| March | 23.7°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 76 | 11.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.8°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 137 | 14.8 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 29.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 238 | 20.1 | 13.213 h |
| June | 30.4°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 283 | 22.4 | 13.513 h |
| July | 31.0°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 221 | 21.6 | 13.413 h |
| August | 31.0°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 286 | 23.5 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.1°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 197 | 16.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.0°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 63 | 6.7 | 11.612 h |
| November | 24.7°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 34 | 5.2 | 11.111 h |
| December | 20.4°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 31 | 4.3 | 10.811 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
- Nantou, China in MayChina · 24 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 281 mm rain
- Jiangmen in MayChina · 31 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 269 mm rain
- Zhuhai in MayChina · 34 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.1°C · 219 mm rain
- Jing’an in MayChina · 36 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.3°C · 230 mm rain
- Daliang in MayChina · 38 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 281 mm rain
- Macau in MayMacao · 40 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 24.3°C · 219 mm rain
- Humen in MayChina · 45 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 258 mm rain
- Shiqiao in MayChina · 47 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.3°C · 290 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 Zhongshan) is explained once on the Zhongshan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.