Ningbo Weather in May
Ningbo in May
The short of it: Ningbo in May averages a high of 26 °C (79 °F) and a low of 18 °C (64 °F), with 119 mm (4.7 in) of rain and about 13 h 38 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 18° · rain 119 mm · daylight 13 h 38 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: October & November
Thirty years of records give Ningbo an average May high of 26°, a low of 18° and some 119 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from April to about 26°, with nights near 18°. Wet spells are common — about 119 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 38 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, Ningbo runs about middling and about as wet in May. Zhaobaoshan, 17 km to the NE, sees much the same highs.
May in Ningbo, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 27 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 38 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZhaobaoshanZhejiang | 17 km NE | 26° | 17° | 114 mm |
| FenghuaZhejiang | 28 km SSW | 25° | 17° | 126 mm |
| YuyaoZhejiang | 43 km WNW | 26° | 17° | 122 mm |
| CixiZhejiang | 44 km NW | 26° | 17° | 116 mm |
| MamuZhejiang | 50 km NE | 24° | 17° | 105 mm |
| LianghuZhejiang | 64 km WNW | 26° | 17° | 127 mm |
| ZhoushanZhejiang | 64 km E | 24° | 17° | 111 mm |
| NinghaiZhejiang | 67 km S | 25° | 17° | 128 mm |