Climate averages 1991–2020
Hitachi weather
in May.
A mild, 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 Hitachi: daytime highs average 20.0°C and nights cool to about 12.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 144 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 06 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hitachi-Naka (25 km away). In May its highs average 19.8°C, about as warm as Hitachi, with 144 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Hitachi ranks joint 256th of 303 for the warmest May highs and joint 155th of 303 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 303 cities is 21.3°C; Hitachi is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 22.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 144 mm to 148 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
Hitachi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.3°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 73 | 8.1 | 10.010 h |
| February | 7.9°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 72 | 8.3 | 10.811 h |
| March | 11.1°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 127 | 12.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.8°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 125 | 12.0 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 20.0°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 144 | 12.5 | 14.114 h |
| June | 22.9°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 148 | 14.3 | 14.615 h |
| July | 26.4°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 162 | 14.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 27.8°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 111 | 11.4 | 13.614 h |
| September | 24.7°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 174 | 14.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.8°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 211 | 13.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.8°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 108 | 10.1 | 10.310 h |
| December | 9.7°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 72 | 8.7 | 9.710 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
- Hitachi-Naka in MayJapan · 25 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 13.0°C · 144 mm rain
- Mito in MayJapan · 33 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 12.7°C · 148 mm rain
- Kasama, Japan in MayJapan · 42 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 11.8°C · 142 mm rain
- Iwaki in MayJapan · 54 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 12.6°C · 145 mm rain
- Ishioka in MayJapan · 58 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 13.5°C · 140 mm rain
- Mooka in MayJapan · 60 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 12.0°C · 134 mm rain
- Ōtawara in MayJapan · 62 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 10.3°C · 142 mm rain
- Nasushiobara in MayJapan · 67 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 10.3°C · 148 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 Hitachi) is explained once on the Hitachi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.