Climate averages 1991–2020
Gaoyou weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Gaoyou: daytime highs average 24.8°C and nights cool to about 17.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 101 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 50 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xinghua (40 km away). In May its highs average 25.6°C, 0.8°C warmer than Gaoyou, with 98 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Gaoyou ranks joint 588th of 884 for the warmest May highs and 477th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Gaoyou is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 101 mm to 171 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
Gaoyou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.9°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 42 | 6.3 | 10.310 h |
| February | 8.4°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 44 | 7.5 | 11.011 h |
| March | 13.2°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 65 | 8.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.6°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 72 | 7.7 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 24.8°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 101 | 8.5 | 13.814 h |
| June | 28.1°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 171 | 10.3 | 14.314 h |
| July | 30.7°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 230 | 15.2 | 14.114 h |
| August | 30.1°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 178 | 14.8 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.2°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 88 | 8.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.1°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 52 | 6.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 14.8°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 52 | 6.4 | 10.511 h |
| December | 8.2°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 33 | 5.2 | 10.010 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
- Xinghua in MayChina · 40 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.4°C · 98 mm rain
- Xiannü in MayChina · 42 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.9°C · 109 mm rain
- Yangzhou in MayChina · 44 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.1°C · 109 mm rain
- Baoying in MayChina · 50 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.0°C · 89 mm rain
- Taizhou (Jiangsu), China in MayChina · 55 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.5°C · 107 mm rain
- Zhenzhou in MayChina · 62 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.3°C · 115 mm rain
- Zhenjiang in MayChina · 64 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.0°C · 114 mm rain
- Jiangyan in MayChina · 73 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.4°C · 106 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 Gaoyou) is explained once on the Gaoyou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.