Climate averages 1991–2020
Suzhou, China weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 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 Suzhou, China: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 16.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 75 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 13 h 53 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Suixi (34 km away). In May its highs average 26.9°C, about as warm as Suzhou, China, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Suzhou, China ranks joint 259th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 380th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Suzhou, China is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 75 mm to 133 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
Suzhou, China climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.8°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 23 | 4.2 | 10.210 h |
| February | 9.8°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 28 | 4.9 | 11.011 h |
| March | 14.8°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 43 | 6.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.4°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 48 | 5.9 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 26.8°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 75 | 6.8 | 13.914 h |
| June | 30.6°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 133 | 7.9 | 14.314 h |
| July | 31.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 245 | 15.1 | 14.214 h |
| August | 30.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 157 | 13.7 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.8°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 80 | 7.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.1°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 50 | 4.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | 15.1°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 36 | 5.4 | 10.510 h |
| December | 8.7°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 20 | 3.8 | 10.010 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
- Suixi in MayChina · 34 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.9°C · 70 mm rain
- Huaibei in MayChina · 41 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 15.8°C · 70 mm rain
- Tongshan in MayChina · 63 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 15.7°C · 71 mm rain
- Xuzhou in MayChina · 69 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 15.7°C · 71 mm rain
- Yunlong in MayChina · 73 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 15.7°C · 71 mm rain
- Damiao in MayChina · 78 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 15.6°C · 71 mm rain
- Bengbu in MayChina · 85 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.5°C · 88 mm rain
- Suicheng in MayChina · 93 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.7°C · 76 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 Suzhou) is explained once on the Suzhou, China year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.