Climate averages 1991–2020
Yatou weather
in May.
A mild, 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 mild month in Yatou: daytime highs average 21.5°C and nights cool to about 12.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 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 08 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tianfu (36 km away). In May its highs average 21.8°C, about as warm as Yatou, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yatou ranks joint 754th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 305th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Yatou is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 65 mm to 74 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
Yatou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.7°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 14 | 3.2 | 9.910 h |
| February | 4.7°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 18 | 3.0 | 10.811 h |
| March | 9.5°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 23 | 3.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.7°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 46 | 5.1 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 21.5°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 65 | 6.3 | 14.114 h |
| June | 25.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 74 | 6.0 | 14.715 h |
| July | 28.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 157 | 10.5 | 14.414 h |
| August | 28.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 143 | 10.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 24.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 69 | 5.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.2°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 38 | 4.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 12.0°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 38 | 5.8 | 10.210 h |
| December | 5.2°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 23 | 5.1 | 9.710 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
- Tianfu in MayChina · 36 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.9°C · 59 mm rain
- Weihai in MayChina · 49 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 13.2°C · 68 mm rain
- Yantai in MayChina · 95 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 13.6°C · 63 mm rain
- Dongcun in MayChina · 121 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 13.3°C · 70 mm rain
- Zhuangyuan in MayChina · 144 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 13.0°C · 58 mm rain
- Laiyang in MayChina · 154 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 12.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Dengzhou, China in MayChina · 165 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 13.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Laixi in MayChina · 173 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 12.8°C · 60 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 Yatou) is explained once on the Yatou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.