Climate averages 1991–2020
Tangshan 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 Tangshan: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 13.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 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 20 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhaogezhuang (24 km away). In May its highs average 26.2°C, about as warm as Tangshan, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Tangshan ranks joint 359th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 139th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Tangshan is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 100 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
Tangshan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.5°C-7.6°C | -7.6°C | 2.5 | 0.9 | 9.710 h |
| February | 5.3°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 5.3 | 1.3 | 10.711 h |
| March | 12.2°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 11 | 2.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.1°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 30 | 4.6 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 26.4°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 49 | 5.9 | 14.314 h |
| June | 29.9°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 100 | 9.5 | 14.915 h |
| July | 30.9°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 191 | 13.5 | 14.715 h |
| August | 29.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 143 | 12.1 | 13.714 h |
| September | 26.0°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 58 | 6.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.0°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 37 | 4.9 | 11.211 h |
| November | 9.9°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 14 | 2.7 | 10.010 h |
| December | 2.9°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 4.2 | 1.3 | 9.49 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
- Zhaogezhuang in MayChina · 24 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 12.9°C · 51 mm rain
- Linxi in MayChina · 24 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 13.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Tangjiazhuang in MayChina · 25 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 12.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Hangu in MayChina · 55 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 14.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Tanggu in MayChina · 83 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 15.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Xianshuigu in MayChina · 101 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Sanhe in MayChina · 102 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 13.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Tianjin in MayChina · 103 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 15.0°C · 39 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 Tangshan) is explained once on the Tangshan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.