Xichang Weather in May
Xichang in May
The short of it: Xichang in May averages a high of 27 °C (80 °F) and a low of 16 °C (60 °F), with 76 mm (3.0 in) of rain and about 13 h 31 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 27° · low 16° · rain 76 mm · daylight 13 h 31 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: March & April
Thirty years of records give Xichang an average May high of 27°, a low of 16° and some 76 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 27°, nights near 16°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 76 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 31 min in mid-May, 43 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, Xichang runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Hongqiao, 153 km to the WSW, is 4° cooler by day.
May in Xichang, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 3rd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° warmer, 51 mm more rain
- Versus June
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 31 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HongqiaoYunnan | 153 km WSW | 23° | 10° | 52 mm |
| DaxingYunnan | 155 km WSW | 24° | 11° | 51 mm |
| XinyingpanYunnan | 155 km WSW | 20° | 7° | 56 mm |
| PanzhihuaSichuan | 156 km SSW | 31° | 19° | 48 mm |
| ZhaotongYunnan | 157 km ESE | 23° | 12° | 92 mm |
| YongningYunnan | 157 km W | 22° | 9° | 51 mm |
| ShilongbaYunnan | 171 km SSW | 32° | 19° | 46 mm |
| ZhongxinYunnan | 173 km SW | 31° | 18° | 46 mm |