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Lijiang in May

Warm and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Lijiang is warm: highs near 75°F, lows near 50°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 30 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Lijiang is warm: highs near 24°C, lows near 10°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 30 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
75°F24°Caverage
Low
50°F10°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 43% of days
Daylight
13h 28mon average

Is May a good time to visit Lijiang?

Yes. May is one of Lijiang's best months (April to May).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 75°F in May, against 57°F to 76°F through the year.Highs near 24°C in May, against 14°C to 24°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

43% of days in May, against 10% to 94% through the year.

Cloud cover

48% cover in May, against 15% to 79% through the year.

Daylight

13h 28m in May, against 10h 29m to 13h 48m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with May shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. April72°22°low 42°low 6°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. May75°24°low 50°low 10°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. June76°24°low 56°low 13°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Lijiang sits, in May

Asia/Shanghai
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
6:32 AMsets 7:59 PM
Above the sea
2,400 mhigh country
Latitude
26.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture560 km south

The land around Lijiang, shaded by its typical high in May, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in China in May

high · low · wet days
See May on the planning mapThe whole year in Lijiang

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Lijiang. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (2,400 m) against the climate model's (2,642 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (2,400 m) against the climate model's (2,642 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.