Jianshui Weather in May
Jianshui in May
The short of it: Jianshui in May averages a high of 25 °C (78 °F) and a low of 15 °C (58 °F), with 83 mm (3.3 in) of rain and about 13 h 18 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 25° · low 15° · rain 83 mm · daylight 13 h 18 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: March & April
Thirty years of records give Jianshui an average May high of 25°, a low of 15° and some 83 mm of rain. No month in Jianshui runs warmer: highs about 25°. Wet spells are common — about 83 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 18 min in mid-May, 37 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 April.
Against its neighbours, Jianshui runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Chuxiong, 90 km to the NNE, is 2° warmer by day.
May in Jianshui, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- about the same, 50 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 18 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h