Climate averages 1991–2020
Jiaozuo 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 Jiaozuo: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 15.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 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 00 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jincheng (47 km away). In May its highs average 24.4°C, 3.5°C cooler than Jiaozuo, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jiaozuo ranks joint 133rd of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 168th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Jiaozuo is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.0°C to 31.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 53 mm to 66 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
Jiaozuo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.8°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 7.9 | 2.2 | 10.110 h |
| February | 10.4°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 13 | 2.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 16.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 20 | 4.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.8°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 38 | 5.0 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 27.9°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 53 | 6.4 | 14.014 h |
| June | 31.9°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 66 | 7.1 | 14.514 h |
| July | 31.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 164 | 14.4 | 14.314 h |
| August | 29.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 127 | 13.0 | 13.513 h |
| September | 26.4°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 73 | 8.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.6°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 37 | 5.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.6°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 25 | 4.3 | 10.310 h |
| December | 8.6°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 8.2 | 2.1 | 9.810 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
- Jincheng in MayChina · 47 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 12.7°C · 48 mm rain
- Xinxiang in MayChina · 51 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 15.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Jiyuan in MayChina · 61 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 15.2°C · 52 mm rain
- Zhengzhou in MayChina · 65 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 16.4°C · 58 mm rain
- Luoyang in MayChina · 96 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 15.5°C · 59 mm rain
- Changzhi (Shanxi, 36.18°N 113.11°E), China in MayChina · 106 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 10.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Kaifeng in MayChina · 109 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.3°C · 55 mm rain
- Hebi in MayChina · 110 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 16.1°C · 48 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 Jiaozuo) is explained once on the Jiaozuo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.