Climate averages 1991–2020
Shenzhen weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Shenzhen: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 229 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 12 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tai Po (15 km away). In May its highs average 28.4°C, about as warm as Shenzhen, with 229 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shenzhen ranks joint 66th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 769th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Shenzhen is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 229 mm to 319 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
Shenzhen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.5°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 32 | 5.5 | 10.911 h |
| February | 20.7°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 44 | 7.9 | 11.411 h |
| March | 23.5°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 75 | 11.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.5°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 125 | 13.8 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 28.8°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 229 | 19.1 | 13.213 h |
| June | 30.0°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 319 | 22.9 | 13.513 h |
| July | 30.8°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 243 | 22.1 | 13.413 h |
| August | 30.7°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 313 | 23.6 | 12.913 h |
| September | 29.9°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 199 | 16.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.0°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 61 | 6.7 | 11.612 h |
| November | 24.9°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 34 | 4.9 | 11.111 h |
| December | 20.7°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 31 | 4.2 | 10.811 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
- Tai Po in MayHong Kong · 15 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 229 mm rain
- Bao'an Centre in MayChina · 16 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 229 mm rain
- Tuen Mun in MayHong Kong · 20 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 23.8°C · 229 mm rain
- Kwai Chung in MayHong Kong · 21 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 210 mm rain
- Sha Tin in MayHong Kong · 22 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 229 mm rain
- Longgang in MayChina · 28 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 271 mm rain
- Hong Kong in MayHong Kong · 32 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 210 mm rain
- San Tung Chung Hang in MayHong Kong · 32 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 209 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 Shenzhen) is explained once on the Shenzhen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Tuen Mun and Bao'an Centre lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.