Chongqing in May: what to plant
Over the last 5 years, May in Chongqing has run 19.1–26.8°C with about 201 mm of rain across the month. Here is what weather like that will carry to harvest.
Everything above is a five-year average. In the game it is this — the weather Chongqing is actually having, today.
Grow one in Chongqing's weather right now →❄️ No sub-zero nights in May in the last 5 years — frost is not the limiting factor here.
🗓️ Frost is rare and confined to midwinter (recorded around Feb 6). Most of the year is frost-free; only the coldest weeks need cover.
☀️ About 7.0 h of sunshine a day this month. Within the month it warms by about 2.7°C from the first ten days to the last.
Sow this month — when would you harvest?
Assuming you sow in mid-May, then adding up the warmth Chongqing usually gets, one day at a time — which is why some of these run past the end of the month.
| Crop | Days | Harvest around |
|---|---|---|
| 🍅 Tomato | 78 | Jul 31 |
| 🫛 Edamame | 73 | Jul 26 |
| 🎃 Pumpkin | 70 | Jul 23 |
| 🥢 Green Beans | 42 | Jun 25 |
| 🥔 Potato | 51 | Jul 4 |
| 🌿 Garlic chives | 44 | Jun 27 |
| 🧅 Onion | 53 | Jul 6 |
| 🌻 Sunflower | 58 | Jul 11 |
| 🟣 Beetroot | 35 | Jun 18 |
| 🥕 Carrot | 46 | Jun 29 |
| 🌿 Amaranth greens | 39 | Jun 22 |
| 🏵️ Marigold | 35 | Jun 18 |
Best crops to sow now
They are all ideal for this month — the only real difference is how long each one takes, so pick whatever you want to eat.
- 🍅 Tomato about 101 days to harvest Recent mean 23.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🫛 Edamame about 93 days to harvest Recent mean 23.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🎃 Pumpkin about 89 days to harvest Recent mean 23.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥢 Green Beans about 47 days to harvest Recent mean 23.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥔 Potato about 57 days to harvest Recent mean 23.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌿 Garlic chives about 48 days to harvest Recent mean 23.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🧅 Onion about 59 days to harvest Recent mean 23.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌻 Sunflower about 67 days to harvest Recent mean 23.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🟣 Beetroot about 37 days to harvest Recent mean 23.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥕 Carrot about 51 days to harvest Recent mean 23.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌿 Amaranth greens about 43 days to harvest Recent mean 23.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🏵️ Marigold about 38 days to harvest Recent mean 23.0°C — right in the sweet spot
Leave these for another month
- 🌿 Rocket — Recent mean 23.0°C is too hot (ideal 6–22°C)
- 🫛 Peas — Recent mean 23.0°C is too hot (ideal 7–21°C)
- 🌿 Spinach — Recent mean 23.0°C is too hot (ideal 5–22°C)
Other months in Chongqing
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Temperature and rainfall come from Open-Meteo's historical observations for Chongqing, averaged day by day over the last 5 years. Whether a crop finishes in time is worked out from its own starting temperature and heat requirement — those numbers are listed on each crop page if you want to check them.