Climate averages 1991–2020
Yancheng weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Yancheng: daytime highs average 25.2°C and nights cool to about 14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 92 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 52 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dazhong (33 km away). In May its highs average 24.3°C, 1.0°C cooler than Yancheng, with 91 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yancheng ranks joint 551st of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 456th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Yancheng is level with that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 92 mm to 159 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
Yancheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.9°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 38 | 5.7 | 10.210 h |
| February | 9.2°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 39 | 6.5 | 11.011 h |
| March | 13.8°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 57 | 7.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.0°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 66 | 6.9 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 25.2°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 92 | 8.4 | 13.914 h |
| June | 28.4°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 159 | 10.2 | 14.314 h |
| July | 30.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 246 | 16.3 | 14.114 h |
| August | 30.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 186 | 15.5 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 93 | 8.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.7°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 49 | 6.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 15.7°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 52 | 6.1 | 10.510 h |
| December | 9.2°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 32 | 5.0 | 10.010 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
- Dazhong in MayChina · 33 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.2°C · 91 mm rain
- Hede in MayChina · 47 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.0°C · 84 mm rain
- Xinghua in MayChina · 55 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.4°C · 98 mm rain
- Dongtai in MayChina · 58 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.8°C · 104 mm rain
- Dongkan in MayChina · 78 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.7°C · 79 mm rain
- Baoying in MayChina · 80 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.0°C · 89 mm rain
- Gaoyou in MayChina · 92 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 17.3°C · 101 mm rain
- Jiangyan in MayChina · 95 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.4°C · 106 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 Yancheng) is explained once on the Yancheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.