Climate averages 1991–2020
Gotemba weather
in May.
A mild, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Gotemba: daytime highs average 20.5°C and nights cool to about 11.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 186 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 00 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Odawara (21 km away). In May its highs average 21.8°C, 1.3°C warmer than Gotemba, with 181 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Gotemba ranks joint 236th of 303 for the warmest May highs and 276th of 303 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 303 cities is 21.3°C; Gotemba is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 23.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 186 mm to 243 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
Gotemba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.6°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 96 | 10.1 | 10.110 h |
| February | 7.3°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 108 | 10.9 | 10.911 h |
| March | 10.9°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 184 | 15.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.1°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 178 | 14.4 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 20.5°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 186 | 14.6 | 14.014 h |
| June | 23.3°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 243 | 17.8 | 14.514 h |
| July | 27.2°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 235 | 17.8 | 14.314 h |
| August | 28.0°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 185 | 16.4 | 13.513 h |
| September | 24.6°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 263 | 16.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.5°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 261 | 15.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.5°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 132 | 12.1 | 10.310 h |
| December | 9.4°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 90 | 10.4 | 9.810 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
- Odawara in MayJapan · 21 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 14.5°C · 181 mm rain
- Numazu in MayJapan · 25 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 14.3°C · 232 mm rain
- Hadano in MayJapan · 26 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 14.1°C · 181 mm rain
- Fuji, Japan in MayJapan · 29 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 14.2°C · 194 mm rain
- Fujinomiya in MayJapan · 32 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 13.0°C · 232 mm rain
- Isehara in MayJapan · 34 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 14.3°C · 158 mm rain
- Hiratsuka in MayJapan · 36 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 14.4°C · 181 mm rain
- Sagamihara in MayJapan · 39 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 12.6°C · 158 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 Gotemba) is explained once on the Gotemba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.