Zigong Weather in May
Zigong in May
The short of it: Zigong in May averages a high of 28 °C (82 °F) and a low of 19 °C (66 °F), with 101 mm (4.0 in) of rain and about 13 h 36 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and November. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 28° · low 19° · rain 101 mm · daylight 13 h 36 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: March & November
Thirty years of records give Zigong an average May high of 28°, a low of 19° and some 101 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 28°, nights near 19°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 101 mm, the 5th 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 March and November.
Against its neighbours, Zigong runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Kongtan, 24 km to the SSW, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Zigong, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 38 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 36 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KongtanSichuan | 24 km SSW | 27° | 19° | 104 mm |
| BaihuaSichuan | 32 km SSW | 27° | 19° | 103 mm |
| NeijiangSichuan | 39 km NE | 27° | 19° | 94 mm |
| GuanyinSichuan | 46 km SW | 27° | 19° | 102 mm |
| ChonglongSichuan | 49 km N | 27° | 19° | 92 mm |
| YuanjueChongqing | 58 km ENE | 27° | 18° | 101 mm |
| NanxiSichuan | 59 km SSE | 27° | 19° | 111 mm |
| QingliuChongqing | 60 km ENE | 27° | 19° | 100 mm |