Climate averages 1991–2020
Zigong weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 4th 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 Zigong: daytime highs average 27.0°C and nights cool to about 18.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 92 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 36 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Neijiang (39 km away). In May its highs average 26.5°C, 0.6°C cooler than Zigong, with 92 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zigong ranks joint 228th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 456th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Zigong is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 92 mm to 153 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
Zigong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.1°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 22 | 7.2 | 10.510 h |
| February | 13.7°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 25 | 7.8 | 11.111 h |
| March | 18.2°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 40 | 9.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 68 | 12.4 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 27.0°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 92 | 13.4 | 13.614 h |
| June | 29.0°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 153 | 16.0 | 14.014 h |
| July | 31.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 230 | 20.3 | 13.814 h |
| August | 30.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 210 | 18.9 | 13.213 h |
| September | 26.7°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 114 | 14.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.3°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 67 | 14.8 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.2°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 37 | 8.9 | 10.711 h |
| December | 12.2°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 23 | 6.9 | 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
- Neijiang in MayChina · 39 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 92 mm rain
- Nanxi in MayChina · 59 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.0°C · 106 mm rain
- Fuji, China in MayChina · 62 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.6°C · 105 mm rain
- Yibin in MayChina · 66 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.9°C · 91 mm rain
- Luocheng in MayChina · 73 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Baixi in MayChina · 75 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.9°C · 97 mm rain
- Changyuan in MayChina · 79 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.5°C · 120 mm rain
- Luzhou in MayChina · 81 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.8°C · 120 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 Zigong) is explained once on the Zigong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.