Shanghai Weather in May
Shanghai in May
The short of it: Shanghai in May averages a high of 25 °C (78 °F) and a low of 17 °C (63 °F), with 84 mm (3.3 in) of rain and about 13 h 44 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 25° · low 17° · rain 84 mm · daylight 13 h 44 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: October & April
Thirty years of records give Shanghai an average May high of 25°, a low of 17° and some 84 mm of rain. Highs rise 5° against April, to near 25°; nights run about 17°. Wet spells are common — about 84 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 44 min in mid-May, 50 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 April.
Against its neighbours, Shanghai runs warmer than most and about as wet in May. Puxi, 3 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
May in Shanghai, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 15 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 44 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h