Xishan Weather in May
Xishan in May
The short of it: Xishan in May averages a high of 27 °C (80 °F) and a low of 19 °C (66 °F), with 210 mm (8.3 in) of rain and about 13 h 23 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and November. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 27° · low 19° · rain 210 mm · daylight 13 h 23 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: October & November
Thirty years of records give Xishan an average May high of 27°, a low of 19° and some 210 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 4° from April to about 27°, with nights near 19°. Wet spells are common — about 210 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 23 min in mid-May, 39 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 November.
Against its neighbours, Xishan runs warmer than most and about as wet in May. Gaozeng, 13 km to the NNW, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Xishan, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 91 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 23 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GaozengGuizhou | 13 km NNW | 26° | 18° | 204 mm |
| GaowuGuizhou | 15 km SSW | 24° | 17° | 219 mm |
| DarongGuizhou | 15 km NW | 27° | 18° | 199 mm |
| XiajiangGuizhou | 28 km WNW | 27° | 18° | 190 mm |
| Long’eGuizhou | 28 km ENE | 27° | 18° | 221 mm |
| DipingGuizhou | 29 km ENE | 27° | 19° | 223 mm |
| ShuangjiangGuizhou | 32 km N | 26° | 18° | 195 mm |
| ZhaoxingGuizhou | 33 km NE | 25° | 17° | 217 mm |