Gengqing Weather in May
Gengqing in May
The short of it: Gengqing in May averages a high of 16 °C (60 °F) and a low of 2 °C (35 °F), with 63 mm (2.5 in) of rain and about 13 h 46 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 2° · rain 63 mm · daylight 13 h 46 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: October & April
May in Gengqing brings afternoons near 16° and nights around 2°, with about 63 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 16°, nights near 2°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 63 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 46 min in mid-May, 51 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are October and April.
Against its neighbours, Gengqing runs about middling and drier than most in May. Qamdo, 153 km to the WSW, is 3° warmer by day.
May in Gengqing, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 37 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 46 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QamdoTibet | 153 km WSW | 18° | 4° | 55 mm |
| YushuQinghai | 198 km NW | 13° | 0° | 62 mm |
| MuxiheGansu | 330 km NE | 11° | -2° | 88 mm |
| Maqin CountyQinghai | 334 km NNE | 12° | -1° | 64 mm |
| BarkamSichuan | 344 km E | 18° | 5° | 100 mm |
| DaochengJiangsu | 350 km SSE | 15° | 1° | 53 mm |
| Oula XiumaGansu | 359 km NE | 12° | -1° | 77 mm |
| QihamaGansu | 363 km ENE | 13° | 0° | 94 mm |