Climate averages 1991–2020
Fukushima weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Fukushima: daytime highs average 20.6°C and nights cool to about 10.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 106 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 11 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yonezawa (36 km away). In May its highs average 20.0°C, 0.6°C cooler than Fukushima, with 116 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Fukushima ranks joint 230th of 303 for the warmest May highs and 26th of 303 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 303 cities is 21.3°C; Fukushima is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 23.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 106 mm to 133 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Fukushima climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.8°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 64 | 11.2 | 9.910 h |
| February | 4.9°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 52 | 9.7 | 10.811 h |
| March | 9.0°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 90 | 12.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.5°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 99 | 11.9 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 20.6°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 106 | 11.9 | 14.214 h |
| June | 23.5°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 133 | 14.3 | 14.715 h |
| July | 26.8°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 193 | 18.5 | 14.514 h |
| August | 27.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 163 | 16.5 | 13.614 h |
| September | 24.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 169 | 14.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 18.6°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 144 | 11.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 12.9°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 67 | 9.3 | 10.210 h |
| December | 6.9°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 55 | 11.1 | 9.610 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Yonezawa in MayJapan · 36 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 9.8°C · 116 mm rain
- Kōriyama in MayJapan · 40 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 10.1°C · 97 mm rain
- Sukagawa in MayJapan · 52 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 10.1°C · 115 mm rain
- Aizu-Wakamatsu in MayJapan · 54 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 9.8°C · 95 mm rain
- Yamagata in MayJapan · 54 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 8.4°C · 91 mm rain
- Natori-shi in MayJapan · 59 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 11.0°C · 113 mm rain
- Sendai in MayJapan · 67 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 10.3°C · 103 mm rain
- Iwaki in MayJapan · 86 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 12.6°C · 145 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Fukushima) is explained once on the Fukushima year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.