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Beijing in May: every year compared

In May, Beijing averages highs of 28.6 °C and lows of 14.9 °C, with 35 mm of precipitation. The warmest May was 2001 (24.2 °C), the coldest 1956 (16.1 °C).

Avg. highAvg. high 28.6 °C

Avg. lowAvg. low 14.9 °C

PrecipitationPrecipitation 35 mm

Rainy daysRainy days 5

Day by day through May

Normal high and low for each day of May in Beijing.

Normal high and low, day by dayNormal 1991–2020

Every May in Beijing, ranked

86 months of May since 1940. The last one, 2025, ranks 60 of 86 (−1.5 °C vs normal).

194019832025

2025 · 20.7 °C · −1.5 °C vs normal · rank 60 of 86

Warmest years

1200124.2 °C
2200223.9 °C
3200923.9 °C
4201223.7 °C
5201723.7 °C

Coldest years

1195616.1 °C
2195416.8 °C
3195317.0 °C
4194617.0 °C
5195517.4 °C

All 86 years in a table

Year	Mean temperature	Daytime highs	Night lows	Precipitation	Hot days (30 °C+)	Rainy days
2025	20.7 °C	27.0 °C	13.6 °C	53 mm	9 days	5 days
2024	22.2 °C	28.7 °C	14.9 °C	20 mm	11 days	3 days
2023	22.2 °C	28.3 °C	15.4 °C	13 mm	8 days	6 days
2022	21.4 °C	28.7 °C	12.8 °C	10 mm	17 days	3 days
2021	20.7 °C	27.1 °C	13.7 °C	9 mm	5 days	3 days
2020	21.8 °C	27.8 °C	15.4 °C	27 mm	11 days	6 days
2019	22.9 °C	30.3 °C	14.2 °C	15 mm	17 days	3 days
2018	22.8 °C	29.1 °C	15.7 °C	28 mm	13 days	6 days
2017	23.7 °C	30.6 °C	16.0 °C	18 mm	17 days	2 days
2016	21.5 °C	28.1 °C	13.9 °C	41 mm	12 days	5 days
2015	22.4 °C	28.8 °C	15.4 °C	37 mm	15 days	6 days
2014	22.8 °C	29.6 °C	15.3 °C	36 mm	18 days	3 days
2013	22.6 °C	28.8 °C	15.9 °C	4 mm	13 days	2 days
2012	23.7 °C	30.5 °C	16.3 °C	18 mm	15 days	4 days
2011	21.5 °C	27.7 °C	14.6 °C	25 mm	11 days	4 days
2010	22.0 °C	28.3 °C	15.2 °C	24 mm	12 days	6 days
2009	23.9 °C	30.6 °C	15.8 °C	12 mm	18 days	3 days
2008	21.0 °C	27.1 °C	14.2 °C	45 mm	10 days	5 days
2007	23.0 °C	29.6 °C	16.1 °C	50 mm	16 days	4 days
2006	21.4 °C	27.5 °C	14.9 °C	107 mm	11 days	9 days
2005	20.5 °C	26.6 °C	13.9 °C	56 mm	6 days	8 days
2004	21.8 °C	28.3 °C	14.6 °C	16 mm	9 days	2 days
2003	22.7 °C	28.8 °C	16.3 °C	46 mm	15 days	9 days
2002	23.9 °C	30.2 °C	16.5 °C	7 mm	16 days	2 days
2001	24.2 °C	30.9 °C	16.4 °C	16 mm	15 days	4 days
2000	21.9 °C	28.3 °C	13.9 °C	72 mm	9 days	8 days
1999	21.8 °C	28.1 °C	13.8 °C	46 mm	8 days	7 days
1998	21.6 °C	27.6 °C	13.6 °C	42 mm	9 days	5 days
1997	21.6 °C	27.4 °C	13.7 °C	28 mm	9 days	8 days
1996	21.9 °C	28.0 °C	13.0 °C	47 mm	13 days	4 days
1995	20.5 °C	26.5 °C	12.4 °C	32 mm	8 days	6 days
1994	21.6 °C	27.8 °C	14.7 °C	73 mm	10 days	5 days
1993	22.5 °C	28.8 °C	15.2 °C	11 mm	13 days	3 days
1992	22.1 °C	28.3 °C	15.3 °C	30 mm	13 days	5 days
1991	20.9 °C	26.8 °C	14.5 °C	44 mm	8 days	6 days
1990	20.7 °C	26.7 °C	14.8 °C	80 mm	8 days	7 days
1989	22.2 °C	28.6 °C	15.4 °C	28 mm	16 days	4 days
1988	21.2 °C	27.2 °C	14.8 °C	29 mm	7 days	5 days
1987	20.8 °C	27.2 °C	14.3 °C	76 mm	9 days	9 days
1986	22.5 °C	28.9 °C	15.7 °C	14 mm	13 days	2 days
1985	20.8 °C	25.9 °C	15.3 °C	84 mm	5 days	12 days
1984	21.9 °C	28.3 °C	15.1 °C	33 mm	10 days	4 days
1983	22.0 °C	28.3 °C	15.3 °C	42 mm	9 days	9 days
1982	22.7 °C	29.2 °C	15.8 °C	26 mm	11 days	5 days
1981	21.8 °C	28.3 °C	14.1 °C	17 mm	13 days	5 days
1980	22.1 °C	29.0 °C	14.5 °C	44 mm	14 days	4 days
1979	21.2 °C	28.8 °C	12.2 °C	37 mm	12 days	4 days
1978	21.4 °C	28.0 °C	14.6 °C	41 mm	9 days	7 days
1977	20.7 °C	26.8 °C	14.2 °C	80 mm	8 days	9 days
1976	21.3 °C	28.0 °C	13.5 °C	10 mm	14 days	2 days
1975	21.5 °C	27.9 °C	14.4 °C	24 mm	9 days	4 days
1974	21.8 °C	28.4 °C	14.5 °C	42 mm	10 days	4 days
1973	21.1 °C	27.6 °C	14.1 °C	26 mm	9 days	7 days
1972	20.5 °C	27.8 °C	13.5 °C	21 mm	8 days	4 days
1971	22.1 °C	29.0 °C	14.7 °C	21 mm	14 days	7 days
1970	21.1 °C	27.4 °C	14.6 °C	53 mm	10 days	6 days
1969	20.8 °C	27.4 °C	14.1 °C	46 mm	8 days	7 days
1968	21.6 °C	28.8 °C	14.2 °C	8 mm	11 days	3 days
1967	23.6 °C	31.0 °C	15.3 °C	15 mm	19 days	3 days
1966	18.3 °C	25.0 °C	11.5 °C	65 mm	2 days	8 days
1965	19.7 °C	27.7 °C	11.3 °C	19 mm	9 days	5 days
1964	22.4 °C	28.5 °C	15.6 °C	8 mm	10 days	2 days
1963	20.9 °C	27.1 °C	14.5 °C	41 mm	10 days	11 days
1962	22.4 °C	29.9 °C	13.5 °C	16 mm	15 days	3 days
1961	22.8 °C	29.9 °C	14.8 °C	7 mm	13 days	4 days
1960	20.2 °C	26.5 °C	13.0 °C	24 mm	9 days	3 days
1959	22.1 °C	29.2 °C	14.3 °C	11 mm	13 days	2 days
1958	20.7 °C	27.3 °C	13.7 °C	48 mm	8 days	8 days
1957	21.1 °C	28.0 °C	13.2 °C	11 mm	9 days	3 days
1956	16.1 °C	22.1 °C	10.0 °C	57 mm	0 days	11 days
1955	17.4 °C	23.2 °C	11.9 °C	65 mm	0 days	10 days
1954	16.8 °C	22.4 °C	11.3 °C	94 mm	0 days	9 days
1953	17.0 °C	22.7 °C	11.2 °C	75 mm	0 days	9 days
1952	17.6 °C	23.0 °C	11.9 °C	125 mm	0 days	10 days
1951	18.2 °C	24.2 °C	12.2 °C	179 mm	0 days	10 days
1950	17.6 °C	23.2 °C	12.1 °C	98 mm	0 days	12 days
1949	20.2 °C	27.3 °C	13.3 °C	82 mm	4 days	7 days
1948	17.9 °C	23.8 °C	11.7 °C	49 mm	0 days	9 days
1947	17.4 °C	23.8 °C	11.1 °C	57 mm	1 day	8 days
1946	17.0 °C	22.5 °C	11.9 °C	339 mm	0 days	17 days
1945	19.2 °C	26.7 °C	11.6 °C	33 mm	8 days	4 days
1944	20.0 °C	27.0 °C	12.9 °C	30 mm	8 days	7 days
1943	22.4 °C	29.6 °C	15.2 °C	14 mm	15 days	3 days
1942	19.1 °C	26.1 °C	11.9 °C	34 mm	8 days	7 days
1941	20.6 °C	28.6 °C	12.1 °C	6 mm	11 days	2 days
1940	19.8 °C	27.1 °C	12.4 °C	40 mm	9 days	7 days

May records

Hottest day

42.0 °C

May 29, 2014 estimate

Nearby station: 38.3 °C on May 14, 1968 measured

Coldest night

1.7 °C

May 1, 1956 estimate

Nearby station: 2.5 °C on May 2, 1965 measured

Wettest day

64 mm

May 29, 1946 estimate

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Questions & answers

How warm is Beijing in May?

Highs average 28.6 °C and lows 14.9 °C. A typical May brings 12 hot days (30 °C or more) and 0 frost days.

Does it rain a lot in Beijing in May?

About 35 mm falls in May, over some 5 days with at least 1 mm. The wettest May was 1946 (339 mm), the driest 2013 (4 mm).

What was the warmest May in Beijing?

2001, with a mean temperature of 24.2 °C. The coldest was 1956 (16.1 °C). The last one, 2025, ranks 60 of 86.