Climate averages 1991–2020
Bozhou weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Bozhou: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 16.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 54 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jishui (38 km away). In May its highs average 27.2°C, about as warm as Bozhou, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Bozhou ranks joint 213th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 335th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Bozhou is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.0°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 69 mm to 113 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Bozhou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.0°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 17 | 3.5 | 10.210 h |
| February | 10.3°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 22 | 4.0 | 10.911 h |
| March | 15.5°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 37 | 5.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.9°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 47 | 5.4 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 27.1°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 69 | 6.4 | 13.914 h |
| June | 31.1°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 113 | 8.0 | 14.414 h |
| July | 31.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 217 | 14.4 | 14.214 h |
| August | 30.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 158 | 13.1 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.8°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 77 | 8.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.2°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 45 | 4.7 | 11.411 h |
| November | 15.1°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 34 | 5.1 | 10.410 h |
| December | 8.7°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 16 | 3.6 | 9.910 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Jishui in MayChina · 38 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 16.3°C · 74 mm rain
- Shangqiu in MayChina · 61 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Jieshou in MayChina · 78 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 16.4°C · 84 mm rain
- Huaidian in MayChina · 84 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.6°C · 80 mm rain
- Suixi in MayChina · 93 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.9°C · 70 mm rain
- Huaibei in MayChina · 95 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 15.8°C · 70 mm rain
- Shancheng in MayChina · 106 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 15.9°C · 63 mm rain
- Zhoukou in MayChina · 109 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 16.5°C · 76 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bozhou) is explained once on the Bozhou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.