Nanchang Weather in May
Nanchang in May
The short of it: Nanchang in May averages a high of 28 °C (82 °F) and a low of 20 °C (67 °F), with 191 mm (7.5 in) of rain and about 13 h 34 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 28° · low 20° · rain 191 mm · daylight 13 h 34 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: October & December
Thirty years of records give Nanchang an average May high of 28°, a low of 20° and some 191 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from April to about 28°, with nights near 20°. Wet spells are common — about 191 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 34 min in mid-May, 45 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 December.
Against its neighbours, Nanchang runs about middling and drier than most in May. Changleng, 4 km to the WNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Nanchang, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 14 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 34 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChanglengJiangxi | 4 km WNW | 28° | 19° | 191 mm |
| JianguangJiangxi | 55 km S | 28° | 20° | 204 mm |
| GongqingchengJiangxi | 63 km N | 27° | 19° | 183 mm |
| PoyangJiangxi | 86 km ENE | 27° | 19° | 204 mm |
| JinfengJiangxi | 88 km SE | 28° | 19° | 214 mm |
| FuzhouJiangxi | 93 km SSE | 28° | 20° | 214 mm |
| BashanJiangxi | 104 km S | 28° | 20° | 215 mm |
| JinjiangJiangxi | 107 km ESE | 28° | 19° | 215 mm |