Shanhaiguan climate

Shanhaiguan Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Shanhaiguan, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 18°C on May 1 to 23°C on May 31, and lows from 9°C to 15°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 50 mm over about 6 wet days.

May day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Shanhaiguan, in °C, with the record for each date.010203040151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
21°C
Average low
12°C
Precipitation
50 mm
Reanalysis high
33°CMay 29, 2014
Reanalysis low
4°CMay 3, 1995
Daylight
13 h 53 min to 14 h 48 min
Cloud cover
57%
Humidity
63%
Dew point
8°C
Wind
16.2 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
May 118°C9°C23°C 20196°C 199121%
May 218°C9°C26°C 20195°C 199121%
May 318°C9°C25°C 20194°C 199522%
May 418°C10°C25°C 20126°C 199522%
May 518°C10°C23°C 20127°C 199623%
May 618°C10°C27°C 19996°C 200524%
May 719°C10°C28°C 20078°C 200524%
May 819°C10°C25°C 20127°C 200524%
May 919°C11°C24°C 20127°C 199224%
May 1019°C11°C26°C 20126°C 199523%
May 1119°C11°C26°C 20177°C 199523%
May 1220°C11°C26°C 20028°C 200524%
May 1320°C11°C24°C 19988°C 199222%
May 1420°C12°C26°C 19979°C 199522%
May 1520°C12°C25°C 19979°C 199122%
May 1620°C12°C26°C 201610°C 201123%
May 1721°C12°C27°C 200110°C 199422%
May 1821°C12°C27°C 199210°C 199421%
May 1921°C13°C27°C 20019°C 199421%
May 2021°C13°C27°C 200210°C 200821%
May 2122°C13°C25°C 199211°C 199621%
May 2222°C13°C28°C 201911°C 201120%
May 2322°C13°C27°C 200011°C 201820%
May 2422°C14°C29°C 200211°C 199721%
May 2522°C14°C26°C 200812°C 200621%
May 2623°C14°C26°C 201511°C 200621%
May 2723°C14°C28°C 200111°C 199422%
May 2823°C14°C32°C 199211°C 199923%
May 2923°C15°C33°C 201411°C 199424%
May 3023°C15°C28°C 199611°C 199724%
May 3123°C15°C30°C 199613°C 201025%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Shanhaiguan, in percent.01020301102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+8).

May 1
sunrise 5:02 AM, sunset 6:55 PM
May 31
sunrise 4:35 AM, sunset 7:23 PM

Every day of May: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.