Hefei Weather in May
Hefei in May
The short of it: Hefei in May averages a high of 27 °C (81 °F) and a low of 18 °C (64 °F), with 92 mm (3.6 in) of rain and about 13 h 46 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 27° · low 18° · rain 92 mm · daylight 13 h 46 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: October & November
Thirty years of records give Hefei an average May high of 27°, a low of 18° and some 92 mm of rain. Highs rise 5° against April, to near 27°; nights run about 18°. Wet spells are common — about 92 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 46 min in mid-May, 51 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, Hefei runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Chaohu, 63 km to the ESE, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Hefei, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 2.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 46 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h