Climate averages 1991–2020
Shuozhou weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet 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 warm month in Shuozhou: daytime highs average 22.0°C and nights cool to about 7.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 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 19 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yuanping (73 km away). In May its highs average 23.7°C, 1.6°C warmer than Shuozhou, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shuozhou ranks joint 738th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 103rd of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Shuozhou is 3.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 42 mm to 71 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
Shuozhou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.3°C-14.2°C | -14.2°C | 2.9 | 1.0 | 9.710 h |
| February | 2.4°C-9.6°C | -9.6°C | 6.6 | 2.0 | 10.711 h |
| March | 8.9°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 17 | 4.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.0°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 32 | 5.6 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 22.0°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 42 | 6.4 | 14.314 h |
| June | 26.2°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 71 | 10.2 | 14.915 h |
| July | 27.2°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 121 | 11.9 | 14.615 h |
| August | 25.3°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 130 | 11.5 | 13.714 h |
| September | 20.7°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 78 | 9.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 14.3°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 38 | 6.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 5.7°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 15 | 3.4 | 10.110 h |
| December | -1.2°C-11.8°C | -11.8°C | 3.3 | 1.2 | 9.59 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
- Yuanping in MayChina · 73 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 9.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Xinzhou in MayChina · 104 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 9.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Datong in MayChina · 114 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 7.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Beichengqu in MayChina · 140 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 7.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Taiyuan in MayChina · 161 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 11.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Hohhot in MayChina · 179 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 6.9°C · 35 mm rain
- Jinzhong in MayChina · 184 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 11.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Yangquan in MayChina · 190 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 40 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 Shuozhou) is explained once on the Shuozhou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.