Xihu Weather in May
Xihu in May
The short of it: Xihu in May averages a high of 24 °C (75 °F) and a low of 14 °C (57 °F), with 57 mm (2.2 in) of rain and about 14 h 1 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 24° · low 14° · rain 57 mm · daylight 14 h 1 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: October & April
Thirty years of records give Xihu an average May high of 24°, a low of 14° and some 57 mm of rain. Highs rise 5° against April, to near 24°; nights run about 14°. Rain is modest, about 57 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 1 min in mid-May, 58 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are October and April.
Against its neighbours, Xihu runs about middling and drier than most in May. Chentuan, 7 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
May in Xihu, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 22 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- January
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 1 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h