Climate averages 1991–2020
Harbin weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Harbin: daytime highs average 20.5°C and nights cool to about 8.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 54 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hulan (17 km away). In May its highs average 20.6°C, about as warm as Harbin, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Harbin ranks joint 792nd of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 305th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Harbin is 4.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.2°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 65 mm to 99 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
Harbin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -12.9°C-23.7°C | -23.7°C | 4.1 | 1.3 | 9.19 h |
| February | -6.7°C-19.1°C | -19.1°C | 5.8 | 1.7 | 10.310 h |
| March | 3.1°C-8.9°C | -8.9°C | 15 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.3°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 30 | 5.6 | 13.513 h |
| May, selected | 20.5°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 65 | 9.3 | 14.915 h |
| June | 25.7°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 99 | 12.2 | 15.616 h |
| July | 27.3°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 155 | 14.9 | 15.315 h |
| August | 25.6°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 138 | 13.5 | 14.114 h |
| September | 20.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 67 | 8.5 | 12.613 h |
| October | 11.8°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 38 | 6.5 | 11.011 h |
| November | -0.2°C-8.5°C | -8.5°C | 18 | 3.6 | 9.510 h |
| December | -10.5°C-20.0°C | -20.0°C | 8.5 | 2.4 | 8.89 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
- Hulan in MayChina · 17 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 8.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Acheng in MayChina · 33 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 7.9°C · 71 mm rain
- Shuangcheng in MayChina · 49 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 8.6°C · 63 mm rain
- Lanxi (Heilongjiang), China in MayChina · 63 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 8.1°C · 55 mm rain
- Zhaodong in MayChina · 63 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 8.4°C · 55 mm rain
- Wuchang in MayChina · 100 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 7.9°C · 81 mm rain
- Suihua in MayChina · 103 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 7.8°C · 57 mm rain
- Yushu (Jilin), China in MayChina · 103 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 8.6°C · 72 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 Harbin) is explained once on the Harbin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.