Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhuji weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Zhuji: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 17.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 165 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 38 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Puyang (45 km away). In May its highs average 26.6°C, about as warm as Zhuji, with 184 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhuji ranks joint 380th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 626th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Zhuji is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 165 mm to 306 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
Zhuji climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.0°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 79 | 10.7 | 10.510 h |
| February | 11.6°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 77 | 10.9 | 11.111 h |
| March | 15.9°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 125 | 14.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.8°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 140 | 13.9 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 26.3°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 165 | 13.3 | 13.614 h |
| June | 28.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 306 | 17.2 | 14.014 h |
| July | 33.3°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 164 | 12.9 | 13.914 h |
| August | 32.8°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 147 | 15.5 | 13.213 h |
| September | 28.3°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 99 | 11.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.4°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 61 | 6.7 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.7°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 69 | 8.4 | 10.711 h |
| December | 11.5°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 60 | 7.8 | 10.310 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
- Puyang in MayChina · 45 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.1°C · 184 mm rain
- Shaoxing in MayChina · 45 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.0°C · 171 mm rain
- Fuyang, China in MayChina · 47 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.3°C · 182 mm rain
- Yiwu in MayChina · 48 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 17.4°C · 173 mm rain
- Xiaoshan in MayChina · 50 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.3°C · 156 mm rain
- Dongyang in MayChina · 50 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 17.2°C · 162 mm rain
- Hangzhou in MayChina · 64 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.9°C · 156 mm rain
- Shangyu in MayChina · 69 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.7°C · 166 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 Zhuji) is explained once on the Zhuji year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.