Wuhan in May: what to plant
Over the last 5 years, May in Wuhan has run 19.2–27.2°C with about 175 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 Wuhan is actually having, today.
Grow one in Wuhan's weather right now →❄️ No sub-zero nights in May in the last 5 years — frost is not the limiting factor here.
🗓️ This month sits inside the frost-free window. Average last spring frost around Feb 16, first autumn frost around Dec 12 — roughly 300 frost-free days. Sow tender crops after the last frost date and make sure they finish before the first.
☀️ About 7.9 h of sunshine a day this month. Within the month it warms by about 2.9°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 Wuhan usually gets, one day at a time — which is why some of these run past the end of the month.
| Crop | Days | Harvest around |
|---|---|---|
| 🥔 Potato | 48 | Jul 1 |
| 🍅 Tomato | 75 | Jul 28 |
| 🌶️ Chili Pepper | 82 | Aug 4 |
| 🫛 Edamame | 70 | Jul 23 |
| 🎃 Pumpkin | 68 | Jul 21 |
| 🌿 Garlic chives | 42 | Jun 25 |
| 🥬 Bok Choy | 24 | Jun 7 |
| 🟣 Beetroot | 34 | Jun 17 |
| 🥕 Carrot | 44 | Jun 27 |
| 🧅 Onion | 51 | Jul 4 |
| 🥬 Swiss chard | 33 | Jun 16 |
| 🏵️ Marigold | 33 | Jun 16 |
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.
- 🥔 Potato about 56 days to harvest Recent mean 23.2°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🍅 Tomato about 99 days to harvest Recent mean 23.2°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌶️ Chili Pepper about 111 days to harvest Recent mean 23.2°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🫛 Edamame about 92 days to harvest Recent mean 23.2°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🎃 Pumpkin about 88 days to harvest Recent mean 23.2°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌿 Garlic chives about 47 days to harvest Recent mean 23.2°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥬 Bok Choy about 25 days to harvest Recent mean 23.2°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🟣 Beetroot about 37 days to harvest Recent mean 23.2°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥕 Carrot about 50 days to harvest Recent mean 23.2°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🧅 Onion about 58 days to harvest Recent mean 23.2°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥬 Swiss chard about 36 days to harvest Recent mean 23.2°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🏵️ Marigold about 38 days to harvest Recent mean 23.2°C — right in the sweet spot
Leave these for another month
- 🌿 Coriander — 25 day(s) of heat stress
- 🫘 Broad bean — Recent mean 23.2°C is too hot (ideal 6–22°C)
- 🥕 Parsnip — Recent mean 23.2°C is too hot (ideal 6–22°C)
Other months in Wuhan
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Temperature and rainfall come from Open-Meteo's historical observations for Wuhan, 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.