Shankou Weather in May
Shankou in May
The short of it: Shankou in May averages a high of 30 °C (87 °F) and a low of 24 °C (75 °F), with 194 mm (7.6 in) of rain and about 13 h 10 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are November and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 30° · low 24° · rain 194 mm · daylight 13 h 10 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: November & December
Thirty years of records give Shankou an average May high of 30°, a low of 24° and some 194 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 30° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Wet spells are common — about 194 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 10 min in mid-May, 32 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are November and December.
Against its neighbours, Shankou runs about middling and wetter than most in May. Shatian, 11 km to the SW, sees much the same highs.
May in Shankou, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 93 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 6°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 10 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h