Climate averages 1991–2020
Jinshan 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 Jinshan: daytime highs average 23.7°C and nights cool to about 17.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 140 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 42 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhujing (15 km away). In May its highs average 24.5°C, 0.8°C warmer than Jinshan, with 139 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jinshan ranks joint 664th of 884 for the warmest May highs and 573rd of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Jinshan is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 140 mm to 267 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
Jinshan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 70 | 9.7 | 10.410 h |
| February | 10.0°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 70 | 9.8 | 11.111 h |
| March | 13.6°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 112 | 12.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 18.9°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 118 | 10.8 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 23.7°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 140 | 11.0 | 13.714 h |
| June | 26.8°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 267 | 14.6 | 14.114 h |
| July | 30.9°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 146 | 11.3 | 13.914 h |
| August | 30.7°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 150 | 13.8 | 13.313 h |
| September | 27.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 100 | 10.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.5°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 61 | 5.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | 17.2°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 59 | 7.8 | 10.611 h |
| December | 11.1°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 52 | 7.2 | 10.210 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
- Zhujing in MayChina · 15 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 16.8°C · 139 mm rain
- Fengxiang in MayChina · 17 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 17.1°C · 142 mm rain
- Nanqiao in MayChina · 17 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 16.9°C · 133 mm rain
- Songjiang in MayChina · 23 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 16.5°C · 139 mm rain
- Xinqiao in MayChina · 26 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 16.2°C · 139 mm rain
- Minhang in MayChina · 31 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 16.3°C · 139 mm rain
- Xiayang in MayChina · 39 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.4°C · 131 mm rain
- Qingpu in MayChina · 39 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.3°C · 131 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 Jinshan) is explained once on the Jinshan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.