Climate averages 1991–2020
Taonan weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the joint 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 Taonan: daytime highs average 22.6°C and nights cool to about 9.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 51 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Baicheng (32 km away). In May its highs average 22.6°C, about as warm as Taonan, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Taonan ranks joint 712th 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; Taonan is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 42 mm to 74 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
Taonan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -9.2°C-18.6°C | -18.6°C | 1.3 | 0.5 | 9.29 h |
| February | -3.3°C-14.1°C | -14.1°C | 2.0 | 0.6 | 10.410 h |
| March | 5.2°C-6.5°C | -6.5°C | 7.7 | 2.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.0°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 19 | 3.3 | 13.513 h |
| May, selected | 22.6°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 42 | 6.2 | 14.915 h |
| June | 27.3°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 74 | 9.3 | 15.616 h |
| July | 28.9°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 105 | 11.7 | 15.315 h |
| August | 27.3°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 77 | 9.3 | 14.114 h |
| September | 22.1°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 42 | 5.7 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.1°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 19 | 3.8 | 11.011 h |
| November | 1.1°C-7.4°C | -7.4°C | 6.2 | 1.8 | 9.610 h |
| December | -7.6°C-16.1°C | -16.1°C | 3.4 | 1.0 | 8.89 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
- Baicheng in MayChina · 32 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 9.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Ulanhot in MayChina · 100 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 8.3°C · 44 mm rain
- Dalai in MayChina · 120 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 8.9°C · 45 mm rain
- Fuyu (Jilin), China in MayChina · 160 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 9.0°C · 53 mm rain
- Songyuan in MayChina · 162 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 9.3°C · 53 mm rain
- Zhaoyuan (Heilongjiang), China in MayChina · 180 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 8.8°C · 53 mm rain
- Tongliao in MayChina · 196 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 10.6°C · 45 mm rain
- Zhaozhou in MayChina · 198 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 8.6°C · 52 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 Taonan) is explained once on the Taonan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.