Guilin Weather in May
Guilin in May
The short of it: Guilin in May averages a high of 28 °C (82 °F) and a low of 20 °C (68 °F), with 275 mm (10.8 in) of rain and about 13 h 22 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 28° · low 20° · rain 275 mm · daylight 13 h 22 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: October & April
Thirty years of records give Guilin an average May high of 28°, a low of 20° and some 275 mm of rain. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 28°; nights run about 20°. Wet spells are common — about 275 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 22 min in mid-May, 38 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 October and April.
Against its neighbours, Guilin runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Yangshuo, 59 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
May in Guilin, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 95 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 22 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YangshuoGuangxi | 59 km SSE | 28° | 20° | 264 mm |
| DazhaicunGuangxi | 60 km NNW | 23° | 15° | 255 mm |
| ShuangjiangHunan | 113 km NNW | 25° | 17° | 211 mm |
| LinkouHunan | 116 km NNW | 26° | 18° | 210 mm |
| DipingGuizhou | 119 km WNW | 27° | 19° | 223 mm |
| LeidongGuizhou | 119 km NW | 26° | 18° | 222 mm |
| LuorongGuangxi | 119 km SW | 29° | 21° | 258 mm |
| ShuikouGuizhou | 121 km NW | 27° | 18° | 219 mm |