Climate averages 1991–2020

Laiyang weather
in May.

A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 24.8°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 12.7°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 57 mm 6 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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May is a warm month in Laiyang: daytime highs average 24.8°C and nights cool to about 12.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 57 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 07 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Laixi (21 km away). In May its highs average 24.6°C, about as warm as Laiyang, with 60 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Laiyang ranks joint 588th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 199th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Laiyang is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.

From May to June, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 57 mm to 68 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -10-505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Laiyang climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Laiyang, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 3.2°C-4.7°C-4.7°C8.91.99.910 h
February 6.1°C-3.5°C-3.5°C152.710.811 h
March 11.9°C0.2°C0.2°C203.911.912 h
April 19.0°C6.6°C6.6°C374.613.113 h
May, selected 24.8°C12.7°C12.7°C575.814.114 h
June 28.7°C18.0°C18.0°C686.814.715 h
July 30.2°C22.1°C22.1°C18012.914.414 h
August 29.3°C21.8°C21.8°C16512.613.614 h
September 25.8°C16.6°C16.6°C615.512.512 h
October 19.9°C9.9°C9.9°C294.311.311 h
November 12.1°C2.9°C2.9°C284.010.210 h
December 5.1°C-2.7°C-2.7°C122.39.710 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

Distance from Laiyang

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Laiyang) is explained once on the Laiyang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.