Average Rainfall for China in May

The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall during May at cities in China. Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets this month and for the normal amount of precipitation.

You can jump to a separate table for each section of the country: North China, Northeast China, East China, South Central China, Southwest China and Northwest China.

The calculation of days only includes the days when precipitation totalled at least one millimetre (0.04 inches). The month's total rainfall is an average of long-term historical weather data.

North China

Average monthly precipitation in May
Days	Place	Province or Region	Inches	mm
4	Beijing	Beijing	1.1	29
4	Hailar	Inner Mongolia	0.9	23
–	Hohhot	Inner Mongolia	1.0	25
–	Shijiazhuang	Hebei	1.4	36
4	Taiyuan	Shanxi	1.4	35
6	Tianjin	Tianjin	1.3	34

Northeast China

May averages for total rainfall
Days	Place	Province or Region	Inches	mm
–	Changchun	Jilin	1.7	42
–	Dalian	Liaoning	1.7	43
–	Harbin	Heilongjiang	1.5	37
4	Qiqihar	Heilongjiang	1.2	31
6	Shenyang	Liaoning	2.2	55

East China

Average amount of rain in May
Days	Place	Province or Region	Inches	mm
–	Changsha	Hunan	7.6	192
14	Guangzhou	Guangdong	11.2	284
–	Guilin	Guangxi	13.1	334
12	Haikou	Hainan Island	7.2	183
11	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	12.5	317
15	Macau	Macau	13.7	347
12	Nanning	Guangxi	7.4	188
11	Shantou	Guangdong	8.3	210
13	Wuhan	Hubei	5.9	151
5	Zhengzhou	Henan	2.1	52

South Central China

Precipitation totals for May
Days	Place	Province or Region	Inches	mm
–	Changsha	Hunan	7.6	192
14	Guangzhou	Guangdong	11.2	284
–	Guilin	Guangxi	13.1	334
12	Haikou	Hainan Island	7.2	183
11	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	12.5	317
15	Macau	Macau	13.7	347
12	Nanning	Guangxi	7.4	188
11	Shantou	Guangdong	8.3	210
13	Wuhan	Hubei	5.9	151
5	Zhengzhou	Henan	2.1	52

Southwest China

Total rainfall during May
Days	Place	Province or Region	Inches	mm
10	Chengdu	Sichuan	3.4	87
17	Chongqing	Chongqing	6.3	159
–	Guiyang	Guizhou	6.6	167
9	Kunming	Yunnan	3.6	92

Northwest China

Total precipitation on average for May
Days	Place	Province or Region	Inches	mm
4	Altay	Xinjiang	0.7	18
2	Jiuquan	Gansu	0.4	10
1	Kashi	Xinjiang	0.4	11
5	Lanzhou	Gansu	1.5	38
1	Ruoqiang	Xinjiang	0.1	2
–	Urumqi	Xinjiang	1.1	28
7	Xi'an	Shaanxi	2.6	65
–	Xining	Quinghai	1.8	46
3	Yinchuan	Ningxia	0.7	17