Climate averages 1991–2020
Chengde 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 Chengde: daytime highs average 24.0°C and nights cool to about 10.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 45 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 14 h 27 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lingyuan (125 km away). In May its highs average 23.9°C, about as warm as Chengde, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Chengde ranks joint 644th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 118th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Chengde is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 45 mm to 101 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Chengde climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.2°C-11.2°C | -11.2°C | 2.2 | 0.8 | 9.610 h |
| February | 3.0°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 3.9 | 1.3 | 10.611 h |
| March | 9.7°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 13 | 3.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.4°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 27 | 4.8 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 24.0°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 45 | 6.4 | 14.414 h |
| June | 27.7°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 101 | 11.3 | 15.115 h |
| July | 29.2°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 152 | 13.7 | 14.815 h |
| August | 28.2°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 114 | 11.2 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.6°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 61 | 7.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.0°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 35 | 5.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 6.4°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 13 | 2.8 | 9.910 h |
| December | -0.2°C-8.8°C | -8.8°C | 3.6 | 1.2 | 9.39 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Lingyuan in MayChina · 125 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 10.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Sanhe in MayChina · 132 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 13.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Zhaogezhuang in MayChina · 137 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 12.9°C · 51 mm rain
- Tangjiazhuang in MayChina · 141 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 12.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Linxi in MayChina · 144 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 13.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Shunyi in MayChina · 144 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 13.5°C · 38 mm rain
- Tangshan in MayChina · 147 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 13.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Tongzhou in MayChina · 160 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 14.2°C · 38 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 Chengde) is explained once on the Chengde year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.