Climate averages 1991–2020
Kushiro weather
in May.
A cool, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a cool month in Kushiro: daytime highs average 11.1°C and nights cool to about 5.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 105 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 38 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Obihiro (95 km away). In May its highs average 16.3°C, 5.2°C warmer than Kushiro, with 107 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Kushiro ranks 303rd of 303 for the warmest May highs and 25th of 303 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 303 cities is 21.3°C; Kushiro is 10.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 14.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 105 mm to 85 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
Kushiro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.8°C-8.2°C | -8.2°C | 51 | 6.3 | 9.49 h |
| February | -1.8°C-9.2°C | -9.2°C | 38 | 6.2 | 10.510 h |
| March | 1.7°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 68 | 8.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 6.8°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 85 | 9.4 | 13.413 h |
| May, selected | 11.1°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 105 | 10.5 | 14.615 h |
| June | 14.3°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 85 | 9.3 | 15.315 h |
| July | 18.1°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 125 | 10.7 | 15.015 h |
| August | 20.3°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 147 | 12.1 | 13.914 h |
| September | 18.6°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 160 | 11.5 | 12.513 h |
| October | 13.9°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 118 | 9.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 7.7°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 75 | 8.6 | 9.810 h |
| December | 1.2°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 71 | 8.2 | 9.19 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
- Obihiro in MayJapan · 95 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 5.8°C · 107 mm rain
- Kitami in MayJapan · 100 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 5.3°C · 77 mm rain
- Asahikawa in MayJapan · 185 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.6°C · 91 mm rain
- Iwamizawa in MayJapan · 214 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 6.8°C · 83 mm rain
- Chitose in MayJapan · 222 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 6.5°C · 95 mm rain
- Eniwa in MayJapan · 228 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 6.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Tomakomai in MayJapan · 229 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 6.7°C · 109 mm rain
- Ebetsu in MayJapan · 230 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 6.5°C · 84 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 Kushiro) is explained once on the Kushiro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.