Cixi Weather in May
Cixi in May
The short of it: Cixi in May averages a high of 26 °C (79 °F) and a low of 17 °C (63 °F), with 116 mm (4.6 in) of rain and about 13 h 40 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and November. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 26° · low 17° · rain 116 mm · daylight 13 h 40 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: October & November
Thirty years of records give Cixi an average May high of 26°, a low of 17° and some 116 mm of rain. Highs rise 5° against April, to near 26°; nights run about 17°. Wet spells are common — about 116 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 40 min in mid-May, 47 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are October and November.
Against its neighbours, Cixi runs about middling and drier than most in May. Yuyao, 17 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Cixi, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 30 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 40 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YuyaoZhejiang | 17 km SSW | 26° | 17° | 122 mm |
| LianghuZhejiang | 39 km WSW | 26° | 17° | 127 mm |
| ShangyuZhejiang | 40 km WSW | 27° | 18° | 128 mm |
| NingboZhejiang | 44 km SE | 26° | 18° | 119 mm |
| ZhaobaoshanZhejiang | 48 km ESE | 26° | 17° | 114 mm |
| FenghuaZhejiang | 60 km SSE | 25° | 17° | 126 mm |
| HainingZhejiang | 67 km NW | 26° | 17° | 116 mm |
| ShaoxingZhejiang | 67 km WSW | 27° | 18° | 132 mm |