Houba Weather in May
Houba in May
The short of it: Houba in May averages a high of 27 °C (80 °F) and a low of 17 °C (63 °F), with 146 mm (5.7 in) of rain and about 13 h 44 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 17° · rain 146 mm · daylight 13 h 44 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: March & November
Thirty years of records give Houba an average May high of 27°, a low of 17° and some 146 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 27°, nights near 17°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 146 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 44 min in mid-May, 49 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, Houba runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Baihe, 8 km to the NNW, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Houba, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 37 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 44 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BaiheChongqing | 8 km NNW | 27° | 18° | 142 mm |
| FengleChongqing | 9 km W | 27° | 18° | 144 mm |
| GuojiaChongqing | 10 km NNW | 27° | 18° | 142 mm |
| HanfengChongqing | 11 km WSW | 27° | 18° | 144 mm |
| DadeChongqing | 16 km W | 25° | 16° | 148 mm |
| ZhaojiaChongqing | 16 km SSW | 27° | 18° | 147 mm |
| WenquanChongqing | 17 km N | 27° | 17° | 144 mm |
| DunhaoChongqing | 20 km NW | 25° | 16° | 146 mm |