Wulingyuan Weather in May
Wulingyuan in May
The short of it: Wulingyuan in May averages a high of 25 °C (77 °F) and a low of 16 °C (61 °F), with 178 mm (7.0 in) of rain and about 13 h 36 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are December and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 25° · low 16° · rain 178 mm · daylight 13 h 36 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: December & October
Thirty years of records give Wulingyuan an average May high of 25°, a low of 16° and some 178 mm of rain. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 25°; nights run about 16°. Wet spells are common — about 178 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 36 min in mid-May, 46 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 December and October.
Against its neighbours, Wulingyuan runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Zhangjiajie, 25 km to the SSW, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Wulingyuan, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 36 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 36 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h