Climate averages 1991–2020
Tianjin 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 Tianjin: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 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 18 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yangliuqing (15 km away). In May its highs average 27.4°C, about as warm as Tianjin, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Tianjin ranks joint 213th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 78th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Tianjin is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 39 mm to 86 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
Tianjin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.0°C-7.1°C | -7.1°C | 3.1 | 0.9 | 9.810 h |
| February | 6.0°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 5.9 | 1.4 | 10.711 h |
| March | 13.1°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 9.9 | 2.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.0°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 29 | 4.5 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 27.1°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 39 | 5.6 | 14.314 h |
| June | 30.6°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 86 | 8.3 | 14.915 h |
| July | 31.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 175 | 13.3 | 14.615 h |
| August | 29.8°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 135 | 11.9 | 13.714 h |
| September | 26.3°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 55 | 6.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.6°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 38 | 4.9 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.7°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 14 | 2.6 | 10.110 h |
| December | 3.6°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 3.8 | 1.1 | 9.59 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
- Yangliuqing in MayChina · 15 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 15.3°C · 38 mm rain
- Xianshuigu in MayChina · 25 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Tanggu in MayChina · 43 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 15.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Hangu in MayChina · 54 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 14.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Langfang in MayChina · 58 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 15.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Sanhe in MayChina · 94 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 13.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Tongzhou in MayChina · 96 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 14.2°C · 38 mm rain
- Cangzhou in MayChina · 97 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 Tianjin) is explained once on the Tianjin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.