Climate averages 1991–2020
Taizhou (Zhejiang), China weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Taizhou (Zhejiang), China: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 17.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 168 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes May a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 34 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wenzhou (105 km away). In May its highs average 24.2°C, 0.8°C cooler than Taizhou (Zhejiang), China, with 189 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Taizhou (Zhejiang), China ranks joint 568th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 637th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Taizhou (Zhejiang), China is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 168 mm to 253 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
Taizhou (Zhejiang), China climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.9°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 62 | 8.9 | 10.511 h |
| February | 12.5°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 66 | 10.1 | 11.211 h |
| March | 15.8°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 117 | 14.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.8°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 116 | 13.7 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 25.0°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 168 | 13.8 | 13.614 h |
| June | 27.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 253 | 16.8 | 13.914 h |
| July | 31.7°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 146 | 13.6 | 13.814 h |
| August | 31.1°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 209 | 17.9 | 13.213 h |
| September | 27.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 160 | 13.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.4°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 82 | 7.1 | 11.512 h |
| November | 18.6°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 73 | 8.7 | 10.811 h |
| December | 13.1°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 62 | 8.2 | 10.410 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
- Wenzhou in MayChina · 105 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 189 mm rain
- Fenghua in MayChina · 111 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 16.8°C · 163 mm rain
- Rui’an in MayChina · 124 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 18.6°C · 174 mm rain
- Dongyang in MayChina · 135 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 17.2°C · 162 mm rain
- Ningbo in MayChina · 136 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.7°C · 162 mm rain
- Guli in MayChina · 139 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 17.3°C · 188 mm rain
- Lishui in MayChina · 150 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.0°C · 185 mm rain
- Yiwu in MayChina · 151 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 17.4°C · 173 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 Taizhou) is explained once on the Taizhou (Zhejiang), China year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.