Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhongxiang weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Zhongxiang: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 17.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 129 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 43 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jingmen (39 km away). In May its highs average 26.4°C, about as warm as Zhongxiang, with 142 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhongxiang ranks joint 311th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 548th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Zhongxiang is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 129 mm to 186 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
Zhongxiang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.9°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 28 | 5.0 | 10.410 h |
| February | 11.8°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 34 | 6.1 | 11.111 h |
| March | 16.4°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 57 | 8.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.3°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 93 | 9.6 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 26.6°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 129 | 10.8 | 13.714 h |
| June | 29.6°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 186 | 11.6 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.3°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 217 | 14.8 | 14.014 h |
| August | 31.0°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 155 | 13.8 | 13.313 h |
| September | 27.5°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 79 | 8.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.6°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 67 | 7.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.6°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 46 | 6.7 | 10.611 h |
| December | 10.9°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 20 | 4.1 | 10.210 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
- Jingmen in MayChina · 39 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 17.5°C · 142 mm rain
- Xinshi in MayChina · 55 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 17.5°C · 174 mm rain
- Duobao in MayChina · 56 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.7°C · 173 mm rain
- Jingling in MayChina · 76 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.6°C · 175 mm rain
- Qianjiang (Hubei), China in MayChina · 88 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 17.7°C · 190 mm rain
- Chengzhong in MayChina · 96 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.4°C · 167 mm rain
- Suizhou in MayChina · 96 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 16.7°C · 126 mm rain
- Jingzhou in MayChina · 98 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 176 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 Zhongxiang) is explained once on the Zhongxiang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.