Average Sunshine in China for May

The tables below give May averages for the number of sunny days and hours of sunshine at dozens of cities throughout China.

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 month's totals are averages of weather data collected from 1961 to 1990.

North China

Total May sunshine
Place Province or Region Hours
Beijing Beijing 289
Hailar Inner Mongolia 299
Taiyuan Shanxi 268

Northeast China

Average amount of sun in May
Place Province or Region Hours
Qiqihar Heilongjiang 282
Shenyang Liaoning 267

East China

Average May sun
Place Province or Region Hours
Ganzhou Jiangxi 150
Nanchang Jiangxi 148
Qingdao Shandong 245
Shanghai Shanghai 174

South Central China

Number of sunny hours in May on average
Place Province or Region Hours
Guangzhou Guangdong 127
Haikou Hainan Island 233
Macau Macau 161
Nanning Guangxi 166
Shantou Guangdong 138
Zhengzhou Henan 244

Southwest China

Average total sunshine in May
Place Province or Region Hours
Chengdu Sichuan 130
Kunming Yunnan 225

Northwest China

Average May sun
Place Province or Region Hours
Altay Xinjiang 322
Jiuquan Gansu 291
Kashi Xinjiang 262
Lanzhou Gansu 251
Ruoqiang Xinjiang 293
Xi'an Shaanxi 188
Yinchuan Ningxia 289
Reference

World Data Center for Meteorology. Climate of the World.

China Sunshine
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