Climate averages 1991–2020
Kitami weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Kitami: daytime highs average 15.4°C and nights cool to about 5.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 77 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 42 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kushiro (100 km away). In May its highs average 11.1°C, 4.4°C cooler than Kitami, with 105 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Kitami ranks 296th of 303 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 303 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 303 cities is 21.3°C; Kitami is 5.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 19.2°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 77 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Kitami climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.4°C-13.1°C | -13.1°C | 57 | 8.3 | 9.39 h |
| February | -3.8°C-12.6°C | -12.6°C | 44 | 7.0 | 10.410 h |
| March | 1.0°C-7.8°C | -7.8°C | 60 | 9.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 8.2°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 69 | 11.6 | 13.413 h |
| May, selected | 15.4°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 77 | 11.6 | 14.715 h |
| June | 19.2°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 77 | 11.1 | 15.415 h |
| July | 22.8°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 107 | 11.6 | 15.115 h |
| August | 23.6°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 134 | 12.5 | 14.014 h |
| September | 20.0°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 122 | 12.0 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.1°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 90 | 9.8 | 11.111 h |
| November | 6.3°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 65 | 9.6 | 9.710 h |
| December | -1.3°C-9.8°C | -9.8°C | 71 | 8.9 | 9.09 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Kushiro in MayJapan · 100 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 5.4°C · 105 mm rain
- Obihiro in MayJapan · 113 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 5.8°C · 107 mm rain
- Asahikawa in MayJapan · 123 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.6°C · 91 mm rain
- Iwamizawa in MayJapan · 184 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 6.8°C · 83 mm rain
- Ebetsu in MayJapan · 204 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 6.5°C · 84 mm rain
- Chitose in MayJapan · 212 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 6.5°C · 95 mm rain
- Eniwa in MayJapan · 213 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 6.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Sapporo in MayJapan · 221 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 6.7°C · 93 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 Kitami) is explained once on the Kitami year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.