Climate averages 1991–2020
Taiyuan weather
in May.
A warm, 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 warm month in Taiyuan: daytime highs average 25.3°C and nights cool to about 11.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 6 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 Jinzhong (27 km away). In May its highs average 24.8°C, about as warm as Taiyuan, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Taiyuan ranks joint 539th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 58th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Taiyuan is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 36 mm to 55 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
Taiyuan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.5°C-8.6°C | -8.6°C | 3.5 | 1.1 | 9.910 h |
| February | 6.4°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 7.2 | 2.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 12.4°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 16 | 3.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.5°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 30 | 5.0 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 25.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 36 | 6.1 | 14.214 h |
| June | 29.2°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 55 | 9.2 | 14.715 h |
| July | 29.8°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 110 | 12.9 | 14.515 h |
| August | 27.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 99 | 11.3 | 13.614 h |
| September | 23.5°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 65 | 7.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.5°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 35 | 5.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 9.7°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 16 | 3.3 | 10.210 h |
| December | 3.4°C-6.6°C | -6.6°C | 3.2 | 1.1 | 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
- Jinzhong in MayChina · 27 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 11.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Xinzhou in MayChina · 62 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 9.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Yangquan in MayChina · 88 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Yuanping in MayChina · 96 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 9.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Jiexiu in MayChina · 110 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 12.2°C · 39 mm rain
- Lüliang in MayChina · 131 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 11.5°C · 42 mm rain
- Shuozhou in MayChina · 161 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 7.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Shijiazhuang in MayChina · 169 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 14.6°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 Taiyuan) is explained once on the Taiyuan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.