Climate averages 1991–2020
Qinhuangdao 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.
May is a warm month in Qinhuangdao: daytime highs average 22.4°C and nights cool to about 12.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 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 22 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shanhaiguan (16 km away). In May its highs average 21.9°C, about as warm as Qinhuangdao, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Qinhuangdao ranks joint 726th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 139th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Qinhuangdao is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 97 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Qinhuangdao climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.1°C-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 3.4 | 1.0 | 9.710 h |
| February | 3.3°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 6.2 | 1.5 | 10.711 h |
| March | 8.9°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 13 | 2.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.1°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 31 | 5.3 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 22.4°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 49 | 6.4 | 14.414 h |
| June | 26.2°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 97 | 9.6 | 15.015 h |
| July | 28.5°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 184 | 13.1 | 14.715 h |
| August | 28.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 164 | 12.7 | 13.714 h |
| September | 24.4°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 51 | 7.1 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.6°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 36 | 4.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 8.4°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 15 | 2.8 | 10.010 h |
| December | 1.8°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 4.7 | 1.5 | 9.49 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Shanhaiguan in MayChina · 16 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 12.4°C · 47 mm rain
- Tangjiazhuang in MayChina · 100 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 12.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Linxi in MayChina · 101 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 13.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Zhaogezhuang in MayChina · 102 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 12.9°C · 51 mm rain
- Xingcheng in MayChina · 122 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 12.5°C · 47 mm rain
- Tangshan in MayChina · 125 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 13.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Huludao in MayChina · 139 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.9°C · 48 mm rain
- Lianshan in MayChina · 141 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 12.7°C · 48 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 Qinhuangdao) is explained once on the Qinhuangdao year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.