Climate averages 1991–2020
Higashihiroshima weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Higashihiroshima: daytime highs average 21.7°C and nights cool to about 13.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 134 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 56 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kure (25 km away). In May its highs average 20.2°C, 1.6°C cooler than Higashihiroshima, with 155 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Higashihiroshima ranks joint 166th of 303 for the warmest May highs and joint 113th of 303 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 303 cities is 21.3°C; Higashihiroshima is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 24.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 134 mm to 201 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
Higashihiroshima climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.5°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 45 | 6.0 | 10.110 h |
| February | 8.6°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 59 | 8.0 | 10.911 h |
| March | 12.3°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 101 | 10.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.3°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 117 | 9.8 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 21.7°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 134 | 9.8 | 13.914 h |
| June | 24.8°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 201 | 13.3 | 14.414 h |
| July | 28.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 225 | 14.4 | 14.214 h |
| August | 29.6°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 132 | 12.5 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.2°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 169 | 11.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.8°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 102 | 7.8 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.2°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 63 | 6.6 | 10.410 h |
| December | 9.7°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 53 | 6.3 | 9.910 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
- Kure in MayJapan · 25 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 14.6°C · 155 mm rain
- Hiroshima in MayJapan · 26 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 13.8°C · 143 mm rain
- Mihara in MayJapan · 32 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 13.9°C · 129 mm rain
- Hatsukaichi in MayJapan · 38 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 14.4°C · 158 mm rain
- Onomichi in MayJapan · 42 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 13.8°C · 124 mm rain
- Imabari in MayJapan · 45 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 15.6°C · 156 mm rain
- Iwakuni in MayJapan · 55 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 14.8°C · 158 mm rain
- Fukuyama in MayJapan · 58 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.0°C · 124 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 Higashihiroshima) is explained once on the Higashihiroshima year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.