Climate averages 1991–2020
Shijiazhuang weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 4th 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 hot month in Shijiazhuang: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 14.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 12 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhengding (14 km away). In May its highs average 28.6°C, about as warm as Shijiazhuang, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shijiazhuang ranks joint 100th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 52nd of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Shijiazhuang is 3.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 32.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 35 mm to 60 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
Shijiazhuang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.0°C-6.4°C | -6.4°C | 3.2 | 1.0 | 9.810 h |
| February | 8.0°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 5.4 | 1.4 | 10.811 h |
| March | 15.0°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 9.4 | 2.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.5°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 27 | 3.9 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 28.3°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 35 | 4.9 | 14.214 h |
| June | 32.4°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 60 | 7.7 | 14.815 h |
| July | 32.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 155 | 12.6 | 14.515 h |
| August | 29.9°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 128 | 11.5 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.4°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 53 | 6.7 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.7°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 27 | 4.5 | 11.211 h |
| November | 12.1°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 16 | 3.1 | 10.210 h |
| December | 5.3°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 3.5 | 1.0 | 9.610 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
- Zhengding in MayChina · 14 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 14.9°C · 36 mm rain
- Luancheng in MayChina · 23 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 14.9°C · 34 mm rain
- Huaiyang in MayChina · 31 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 14.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Xinle in MayChina · 39 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 14.9°C · 34 mm rain
- Xinji in MayChina · 66 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 15.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Dingzhou in MayChina · 69 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 14.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Yangquan in MayChina · 83 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Xingtai in MayChina · 109 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 14.7°C · 35 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 Shijiazhuang) is explained once on the Shijiazhuang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.