Your holiday weather, at a glance

China in May: where is it warmest?

In May, Haikou is the warmest place with 30 °C by day, Shangri-La City the coolest with 15 °C. 28 of 43 destinations have good holiday weather.

All destinations in May, warmest first

Long-term averages for the month: daytime high, sea, sunshine and rainy days.

Place	Score	Air	Sea	Sun	Rain days
Haikou	45	30°	26°	7 h	17
Sanya	42	30°	28°	6 h	23
Zhengzhou	78	29°	–	7 h	6
Luoyang	77	29°	–	7 h	6
Dongguan	39	29°	–	4 h	21
Guangzhou	37	29°	–	3 h	21
Foshan	36	29°	–	3 h	21
Kashgar	96	28°	–	9 h	3
Beijing	89	28°	–	9 h	5
Kaifeng	82	28°	–	7 h	6
Shenzhen	47	28°	26°	4 h	20
Zhuhai	47	28°	26°	4 h	19
Tianjin	94	27°	–	9 h	5
Jinan	92	27°	–	8 h	6
Wuhan	70	27°	–	5 h	12
Chengdu	64	27°	–	4 h	12
Quanzhou	61	27°	23°	5 h	14
Xiamen	58	27°	23°	4 h	17
Changsha	58	27°	–	4 h	17
Shantou	57	27°	25°	5 h	18
Guilin	51	27°	–	4 h	22
Xi'an	87	26°	–	7 h	7
Nanjing	79	26°	–	6 h	9
Hefei	78	26°	–	6 h	10
Hangzhou	70	26°	20°	5 h	12
Fuzhou	58	26°	22°	4 h	16
Suzhou	75	25°	–	6 h	10
Zhangjiajie	58	25°	–	4 h	16
Shenyang	89	24°	–	8 h	8
Lanzhou	89	24°	–	7 h	6
Shanghai	76	24°	–	6 h	10
Kunming	71	24°	–	7 h	14
Ningbo	70	24°	–	5 h	12
Wenzhou	58	24°	21°	4 h	16
Ürümqi	98	23°	–	10 h	5
Hohhot	99	22°	–	9 h	5
Changchun	88	22°	–	8 h	9
Harbin	84	21°	–	8 h	9
Ulanqab	94	20°	–	9 h	7
Dalian	92	18°	12°	9 h	6
Qingdao	91	18°	14°	8 h	6
Lhasa	75	18°	–	9 h	15
Shangri-La City	38	15°	–	5 h	18

China in May: where is it warmest?

The warmest places in May are Haikou (30 °C), Sanya (30 °C) and Zhengzhou (29 °C).

China in May: where is the sea warmest?

The sea is warmest at Sanya (28 °C), Haikou (26 °C) and Shenzhen (26 °C).

China in May: where is the weather best?

The best holiday weather in May – warm, sunny and dry – is in Hohhot, Ürümqi and Kashgar.

Climate averages 1996–2025, not a forecast. Data: Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-Land via Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0), NOAA OISST, WMO 1991–2020 (NOAA NCEI), GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sources & licences