Guanting Weather in May
Guanting in May
The short of it: Guanting in May averages a high of 19 °C (67 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 84 mm (3.3 in) of rain and about 13 h 54 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 8° · rain 84 mm · daylight 13 h 54 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: March & August
Thirty years of records give Guanting an average May high of 19°, a low of 8° and some 84 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 19°, nights near 8°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 84 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 54 min in mid-May, 55 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 March and August.
Against its neighbours, Guanting runs about middling and drier than most in May. Dongshan, 11 km to the SW, is 3° cooler by day.
May in Guanting, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 38 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- January
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 54 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DongshanGansu | 11 km SW | 16° | 5° | 91 mm |
| LianghekouGansu | 15 km SSW | 21° | 9° | 78 mm |
| Zhouqu ChengguanzhenGansu | 16 km WSW | 20° | 8° | 83 mm |
| NanyangGansu | 19 km NNE | 18° | 7° | 87 mm |
| HanyuanGansu | 21 km NE | 18° | 7° | 87 mm |
| ShawanGansu | 21 km S | 21° | 9° | 80 mm |
| XinzhaiGansu | 24 km SE | 19° | 8° | 85 mm |
| FengdieGansu | 27 km W | 20° | 9° | 83 mm |