Shaoxing Weather in May
Shaoxing in May
The short of it: Shaoxing in May averages a high of 27 °C (81 °F) and a low of 18 °C (64 °F), with 132 mm (5.2 in) of rain and about 13 h 39 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 132 mm · daylight 13 h 39 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: October & November
Thirty years of records give Shaoxing an average May high of 27°, a low of 18° and some 132 mm of rain. Highs rise 5° against April, to near 27°; nights run about 18°. Wet spells are common — about 132 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 39 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, Shaoxing runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Shangyu, 28 km to the E, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Shaoxing, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 32 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 39 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ShangyuZhejiang | 28 km E | 27° | 18° | 128 mm |
| LianghuZhejiang | 31 km E | 26° | 17° | 127 mm |
| XiaoshanZhejiang | 36 km WNW | 27° | 18° | 135 mm |
| ZhujiZhejiang | 45 km SW | 27° | 18° | 137 mm |
| HangzhouZhejiang | 52 km NW | 27° | 18° | 130 mm |
| TianduchengZhejiang | 54 km NW | 26° | 17° | 126 mm |
| LinpingZhejiang | 54 km NNW | 27° | 17° | 124 mm |
| XingqiaoZhejiang | 54 km NW | 27° | 17° | 126 mm |