Jinan weather in May

In May, Jinan sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 51 mm of rain across 6 wet days and about 13.9 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 28°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 30 min at the start of May to 14 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Jinan's 9th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Jinan's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
5th warmest
Overnight low
16°
8th coldest
Rainfall
51 mm
6 wet days
Daylight
13 h 54 min
5:10 AM – 7:07 PM
Cloud cover
54%
9th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
6.12 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.3
out of 10

Jinan is capital of Shandong province, China.

Air quality
Very high
PM2.5 53.9 µg/m³ · 2018
Density
423/km²
people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 28°C by the end.

A typical May day in Jinan reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Jinan

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Jinan weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -5°51.21.19.80.0
Feb / -2°122.61.410.61.3
Mar14° / 163.20.511.74.7
Apr20° / 10°335.10.112.97.2
May26° / 16°516013.97.3
Jun31° / 21°677014.55.0
Jul31° / 24°16012.5014.34.0
Aug30° / 22°15612.1013.44.8
Sep27° / 17°526.1012.27.2
Oct21° / 11°304.1011.17.6
Nov12° / 223.90.7104.0
Dec / -3°820.99.50.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 48%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15644
25446
35446
45347
55248
65149
75050
84951
94951
104852
114852
124852
134852
144852
155050
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Jinan gets around 51 mm of rain over 6 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 19% and peaks near 22% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
120
221
321
421
522
622
722
822
922
1022
1122
1222
1322
1421
1521
1620
1720
1819
1919
2018
2118
2217
2317
2416
2516
2616
2716
2815
2915
3015
3115

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 56% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1761761
2751870
3741970
4732070
5722080
6712180
7702280
8682390
9682390
10662491
116425101
126326101
136226111
146027121
155828131
165729131
175629141
185330152
195230162
205130172
214931182
224831182
234731192
244632202
254432223
264332233
274132243
284032253
293833263
303733274
313533284

Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
212light breeze
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412light breeze
512light breeze
612light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 30 min at the start of May to 14 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:25 AM to 5:00 AM, and sunset from 6:54 PM to 7:18 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.55:256:54
213.55:246:55
313.55:236:55
413.65:216:56
513.65:206:57
613.65:196:58
713.75:186:59
813.75:177:00
913.75:167:01
1013.85:157:02
1113.85:147:02
1213.85:137:03
1313.95:127:04
1413.95:117:05
1513.95:117:06
1613.95:107:07
1714.05:097:08
1814.05:087:08
1914.05:077:09
2014.15:077:10
2114.15:067:11
2214.15:057:12
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2414.25:047:13
2514.25:037:14
2614.25:037:15
2714.25:027:15
2814.25:027:16
2914.35:017:17
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.12 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.45 kWh/m² to a high of 6.16 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 6.12 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.0Bright
26.0Bright
36.0Bright
45.9Bright
55.9Bright
65.9Bright
75.9Bright
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95.9Bright
105.9Bright
116.0Bright
126.0Bright
136.0Bright
146.0Intense
156.0Intense
166.1Intense
176.1Intense
186.1Intense
196.2Intense
206.2Intense
216.2Intense
226.3Intense
236.3Intense
246.3Intense
256.3Intense
266.3Intense
276.3Intense
286.4Intense
296.4Intense
306.4Intense
316.4Intense
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Jinan

In seasonPeak

None of Jinan's seasonal hazards are active in May. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Jinan's rainy season runs July–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

Jinan sees seasonal dust haze (April), heaviest in April.

Rainy season
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Jinan?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

7.3
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
7.0
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Jinan for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Jinan in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Jinan sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 16°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 6 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Jinan in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Jinan peaks around May 21 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighVery highModerateMay 21UV 8Dec 20UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun7Very high
Jul6High
Aug7High
Sep8Very high
Oct2Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low

Air quality in Jinan in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Jinan is worst in January — around 80 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.2× the cleanest month (July, 36 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Jinan's WHO annual average of 53.9 µg/m³.

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyJan 1379 µg/m³Jul 2036 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan80Unhealthy
Feb65Unhealthy
Mar57Unhealthy
Apr48Poor
May41Poor
Jun38Poor
Jul36Poor
Aug37Poor
Sep47Poor
Oct58Unhealthy
Nov65Unhealthy
Dec74Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Jinan?

Jinan sits at 36.7°N, 117.0°E, 32 m above sea level, in China. The nearest listed city is Tianjin, 276 km away.

QingdaoBeijingZhengzhouSongyangLuoyangDalianChengde

Topography around Jinan

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Jinan.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Jinan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 136 m around an average of 38 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 608 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,507 m.

The land around Jinan is covered by artificial surfaces (89%) within 3 km, artificial surfaces (46%) and cropland (24%) within 16 km, and cropland (63%) within 80 km.

3 km
136 m
16 km
608 m
80 km
1,507 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Tianjin 276 km · Qingdao 310 km · Beijing 364 km · Zhengzhou 369 km · Songyang 435 km · Luoyang 468 km · Dalian 475 km · Chengde 484 km

China travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type A / I
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 47% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$13,862
2025
Happiness
6.1 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
0.5
per 100k, 2020
Road deaths
17.4
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 464
Religion
unaffiliated 52%folk religion 22%Buddhist 18%Christian 5%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Jinan (36.6683°, 116.9972°, elevation 32 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).