Climate averages 1991–2020
Rizhao weather
in May.
A mild, 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 mild month in Rizhao: daytime highs average 21.1°C and nights cool to about 14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th 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 14 h 01 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Linjiacun (65 km away). In May its highs average 24.6°C, 3.5°C warmer than Rizhao, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Rizhao ranks joint 772nd 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; Rizhao is 4.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 24.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 74 mm to 89 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
Rizhao climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.1°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 15 | 2.8 | 10.110 h |
| February | 5.9°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 22 | 3.7 | 10.911 h |
| March | 10.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 30 | 4.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.0°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 42 | 5.8 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 21.1°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 74 | 6.6 | 14.014 h |
| June | 24.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 89 | 7.0 | 14.515 h |
| July | 27.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 192 | 13.2 | 14.314 h |
| August | 27.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 184 | 13.2 | 13.513 h |
| September | 24.7°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 89 | 7.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.7°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 39 | 4.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 12.8°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 35 | 4.7 | 10.310 h |
| December | 6.3°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 18 | 3.2 | 9.810 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
- Linjiacun in MayChina · 65 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 13.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Yinzhu in MayChina · 66 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 14.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Zhu Cheng City in MayChina · 66 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 13.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Shizilu in MayChina · 69 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 14.1°C · 71 mm rain
- Jiayue in MayChina · 75 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 13.8°C · 64 mm rain
- Yishui in MayChina · 91 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 13.5°C · 63 mm rain
- Chaigou in MayChina · 93 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 13.8°C · 61 mm rain
- Lianyungang in MayChina · 95 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 74 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 Rizhao) is explained once on the Rizhao year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.