Climate averages 1991–2020
Putian weather
in May.
A warm, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Putian: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 191 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 22 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Quanzhou (72 km away). In May its highs average 27.3°C, 1.1°C warmer than Putian, with 172 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Putian ranks joint 404th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 694th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Putian is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 191 mm to 245 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
Putian climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.5°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 41 | 5.8 | 10.711 h |
| February | 16.2°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 55 | 8.0 | 11.311 h |
| March | 19.0°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 100 | 13.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.1°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 110 | 12.6 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 26.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 191 | 16.0 | 13.413 h |
| June | 28.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 245 | 18.4 | 13.714 h |
| July | 31.0°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 178 | 15.3 | 13.614 h |
| August | 30.5°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 265 | 20.3 | 13.013 h |
| September | 28.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 152 | 13.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 25.6°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 52 | 4.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 21.8°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 46 | 4.9 | 10.911 h |
| December | 17.3°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 39 | 5.1 | 10.611 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
- Quanzhou in MayChina · 72 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.6°C · 172 mm rain
- Fuzhou in MayChina · 75 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 226 mm rain
- Ximeicun in MayChina · 80 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.3°C · 172 mm rain
- Jinjiang in MayChina · 82 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 20.8°C · 156 mm rain
- Xiamen in MayChina · 142 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 21.0°C · 184 mm rain
- Ningde in MayChina · 145 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.4°C · 235 mm rain
- Nanping in MayChina · 158 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 20.1°C · 223 mm rain
- Sanming in MayChina · 166 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 20.5°C · 222 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 Putian) is explained once on the Putian year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.