Climate averages 1991–2020
Tanggu weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th 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 Tanggu: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th 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 17 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xianshuigu (23 km away). In May its highs average 26.3°C, 1.3°C warmer than Tanggu, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Tanggu ranks joint 578th 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; Tanggu is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 42 mm to 77 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
Tanggu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.6°C-5.9°C | -5.9°C | 4.3 | 1.1 | 9.810 h |
| February | 5.0°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 7.6 | 1.7 | 10.711 h |
| March | 11.4°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 11 | 2.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.0°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 31 | 4.5 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 24.9°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 42 | 5.5 | 14.314 h |
| June | 28.5°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 77 | 7.7 | 14.915 h |
| July | 30.0°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 152 | 10.8 | 14.615 h |
| August | 28.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 140 | 10.0 | 13.714 h |
| September | 25.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 54 | 6.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 36 | 4.9 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.4°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 17 | 2.9 | 10.110 h |
| December | 3.4°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 6.0 | 1.6 | 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
- Xianshuigu in MayChina · 23 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Hangu in MayChina · 28 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 14.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Tianjin in MayChina · 43 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 15.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Yangliuqing in MayChina · 57 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 15.3°C · 38 mm rain
- Tangshan in MayChina · 83 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 13.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Langfang in MayChina · 98 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 15.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Linxi in MayChina · 103 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 13.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Cangzhou in MayChina · 105 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 15.1°C · 45 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 Tanggu) is explained once on the Tanggu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.