Chengdu Weather in May
Chengdu in May
The short of it: Chengdu in May averages a high of 27 °C (81 °F) and a low of 18 °C (64 °F), with 82 mm (3.2 in) of rain and about 13 h 41 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and November. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 27° · low 18° · rain 82 mm · daylight 13 h 41 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: March & November
Thirty years of records give Chengdu an average May high of 27°, a low of 18° and some 82 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 4° from April to about 27°, with nights near 18°. Wet spells are common — about 82 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 41 min in mid-May, 48 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are March and November.
Against its neighbours, Chengdu runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Tianpeng, 38 km to the NNW, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Chengdu, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 32 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 41 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TianpengSichuan | 38 km NNW | 27° | 17° | 91 mm |
| DeyangSichuan | 60 km NNE | 27° | 18° | 88 mm |
| LinqiongSichuan | 64 km WSW | 27° | 18° | 108 mm |
| MeishanSichuan | 73 km SSW | 28° | 18° | 109 mm |
| Mianzhu, Deyang, SichuanSichuan | 76 km N | 27° | 17° | 89 mm |
| LuojiangSichuan | 82 km NNE | 27° | 17° | 87 mm |
| ZiyangSichuan | 82 km SE | 27° | 18° | 89 mm |
| MianyangSichuan | 107 km NNE | 27° | 18° | 84 mm |