Climate averages 1991–2020
Jishui 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 Jishui: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 16.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 53 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bozhou (38 km away). In May its highs average 27.1°C, about as warm as Jishui, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jishui ranks joint 204th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 368th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Jishui is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 74 mm to 124 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
Jishui climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.2°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 18 | 3.7 | 10.210 h |
| February | 10.4°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 24 | 4.3 | 11.011 h |
| March | 15.5°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 39 | 5.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.0°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 50 | 5.4 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 27.2°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 74 | 7.0 | 13.914 h |
| June | 31.2°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 124 | 7.9 | 14.414 h |
| July | 31.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 225 | 14.1 | 14.214 h |
| August | 30.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 160 | 13.2 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 75 | 8.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.3°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 48 | 4.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 15.2°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 35 | 5.5 | 10.410 h |
| December | 8.9°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 18 | 3.6 | 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
- Bozhou in MayChina · 38 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 16.2°C · 69 mm rain
- Huaidian in MayChina · 48 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.6°C · 80 mm rain
- Jieshou in MayChina · 52 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 16.4°C · 84 mm rain
- Zhoukou in MayChina · 72 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 16.5°C · 76 mm rain
- Shangqiu in MayChina · 79 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Fuyang in MayChina · 100 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 16.6°C · 90 mm rain
- Luohe in MayChina · 128 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 16.6°C · 74 mm rain
- Suixi in MayChina · 128 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.9°C · 70 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 Jishui) is explained once on the Jishui year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.