Climate averages 1991–2020
Jinzhong weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the joint 7th 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 Jinzhong: daytime highs average 24.8°C and nights cool to about 11.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 11 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Taiyuan (27 km away). In May its highs average 25.3°C, about as warm as Jinzhong, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jinzhong ranks joint 588th of 884 for the warmest May highs and 41st of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Jinzhong is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 32 mm to 51 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
Jinzhong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.0°C-8.5°C | -8.5°C | 3.4 | 1.0 | 9.910 h |
| February | 5.8°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 6.7 | 2.0 | 10.811 h |
| March | 11.9°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 15 | 3.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.0°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 28 | 4.7 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 24.8°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 32 | 5.7 | 14.214 h |
| June | 28.8°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 51 | 8.4 | 14.715 h |
| July | 29.4°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 100 | 11.9 | 14.514 h |
| August | 27.6°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 86 | 10.2 | 13.614 h |
| September | 23.1°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 59 | 7.3 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.1°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 32 | 5.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 9.3°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 15 | 3.1 | 10.210 h |
| December | 2.9°C-6.6°C | -6.6°C | 3.3 | 1.1 | 9.610 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
- Taiyuan in MayChina · 27 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 11.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Yangquan in MayChina · 74 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Xinzhou in MayChina · 81 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 9.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Jiexiu in MayChina · 105 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 12.2°C · 39 mm rain
- Yuanping in MayChina · 115 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 9.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Lüliang in MayChina · 143 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 11.5°C · 42 mm rain
- Huaiyang in MayChina · 155 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 14.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Shijiazhuang in MayChina · 156 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 14.6°C · 35 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 Jinzhong) is explained once on the Jinzhong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.