Climate averages 1991–2020
Matsue weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Matsue: daytime highs average 19.5°C and nights cool to about 14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 120 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a wet month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 01 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yonago (26 km away). In May its highs average 20.5°C, 1.1°C warmer than Matsue, with 121 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Matsue ranks 268th of 303 for the warmest May highs and 41st of 303 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 303 cities is 21.3°C; Matsue is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 22.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 120 mm to 145 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
Matsue climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.7°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 177 | 22.5 | 10.110 h |
| February | 8.2°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 133 | 17.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 11.0°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 134 | 15.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.4°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 108 | 10.8 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 19.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 120 | 9.9 | 14.014 h |
| June | 22.8°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 145 | 11.3 | 14.515 h |
| July | 26.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 184 | 13.3 | 14.314 h |
| August | 28.1°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 123 | 11.4 | 13.513 h |
| September | 24.7°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 184 | 13.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 114 | 11.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.4°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 120 | 14.6 | 10.310 h |
| December | 10.4°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 182 | 20.7 | 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
- Yonago in MayJapan · 26 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 13.8°C · 121 mm rain
- Izumo in MayJapan · 29 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 14.3°C · 117 mm rain
- Tsuyama in MayJapan · 99 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 12.8°C · 144 mm rain
- Tottori-shi in MayJapan · 107 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 13.7°C · 136 mm rain
- Fukuyama in MayJapan · 115 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.0°C · 124 mm rain
- Onomichi in MayJapan · 119 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 13.8°C · 124 mm rain
- Kurashiki in MayJapan · 119 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 14.5°C · 132 mm rain
- Mihara in MayJapan · 120 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 13.9°C · 129 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 Matsue) is explained once on the Matsue year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.