Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhongshu weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Zhongshu: daytime highs average 25.2°C and nights cool to about 15.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 112 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 19 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Miyang (35 km away). In May its highs average 27.4°C, 2.1°C warmer than Zhongshu, with 86 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhongshu ranks joint 551st of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 502nd of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Zhongshu is level with that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 24.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 112 mm to 213 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
Zhongshu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.6°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 29 | 5.1 | 10.811 h |
| February | 17.7°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 23 | 4.4 | 11.311 h |
| March | 22.0°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 38 | 6.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 56 | 9.3 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 25.2°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 112 | 13.8 | 13.313 h |
| June | 24.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 213 | 21.9 | 13.614 h |
| July | 24.3°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 223 | 24.6 | 13.513 h |
| August | 24.1°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 197 | 23.4 | 13.013 h |
| September | 22.5°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 117 | 17.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 19.9°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 65 | 11.9 | 11.612 h |
| November | 17.4°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 25 | 4.3 | 11.011 h |
| December | 14.2°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 18 | 3.3 | 10.611 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
- Miyang in MayChina · 35 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 17.4°C · 86 mm rain
- Kaiyuan (Yunnan), China in MayChina · 102 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 18.2°C · 76 mm rain
- Qujing in MayChina · 108 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 14.0°C · 128 mm rain
- Kunming in MayChina · 121 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 15.3°C · 139 mm rain
- Haikou, China in MayChina · 124 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 15.8°C · 107 mm rain
- Yuxi in MayChina · 125 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 16.6°C · 97 mm rain
- Majie in MayChina · 128 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.2°C · 139 mm rain
- Xingyi in MayChina · 132 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 17.0°C · 164 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 Zhongshu) is explained once on the Zhongshu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.