Climate averages 1991–2020
Yuanshang weather
in May.
A warm, 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 warm month in Yuanshang: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 12.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 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 07 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Laixi (19 km away). In May its highs average 24.6°C, about as warm as Yuanshang, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yuanshang ranks joint 568th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 267th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Yuanshang is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 62 mm to 72 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
Yuanshang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.6°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 9.0 | 2.0 | 10.010 h |
| February | 6.5°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 15 | 2.7 | 10.811 h |
| March | 12.4°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 21 | 3.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.3°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 38 | 5.1 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 25.0°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 62 | 6.1 | 14.114 h |
| June | 28.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 72 | 6.9 | 14.615 h |
| July | 30.3°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 194 | 13.2 | 14.414 h |
| August | 29.3°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 171 | 13.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 25.9°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 66 | 5.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.2°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 29 | 4.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 12.4°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 28 | 4.0 | 10.210 h |
| December | 5.4°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 12 | 2.3 | 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
- Laixi in MayChina · 19 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 12.8°C · 60 mm rain
- Jiangshan in MayChina · 19 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 12.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Jiudian in MayChina · 28 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 13.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Nancun in MayChina · 32 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 13.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Pingdu in MayChina · 36 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 13.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Laiyang in MayChina · 40 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 12.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Liaolan in MayChina · 43 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 13.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Jimo in MayChina · 43 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 13.7°C · 58 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 Yuanshang) is explained once on the Yuanshang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.