Climate averages 1991–2020
Matsusaka weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Matsusaka: daytime highs average 22.3°C and nights cool to about 14.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 174 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 57 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tsu (17 km away). In May its highs average 22.3°C, about as warm as Matsusaka, with 175 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Matsusaka ranks joint 92nd of 303 for the warmest May highs and joint 253rd of 303 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 303 cities is 21.3°C; Matsusaka is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 174 mm to 252 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
Matsusaka climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.7°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 70 | 6.1 | 10.110 h |
| February | 9.7°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 74 | 7.5 | 10.911 h |
| March | 13.3°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 130 | 11.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.1°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 146 | 10.7 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 22.3°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 174 | 12.3 | 13.914 h |
| June | 25.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 252 | 16.3 | 14.414 h |
| July | 29.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 227 | 18.0 | 14.214 h |
| August | 30.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 194 | 17.5 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.7°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 272 | 16.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 258 | 12.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 16.3°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 113 | 8.4 | 10.410 h |
| December | 11.1°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 71 | 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
- Tsu in MayJapan · 17 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.1°C · 175 mm rain
- Ise in MayJapan · 18 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 14.6°C · 164 mm rain
- Suzuka in MayJapan · 34 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 13.6°C · 161 mm rain
- Nabari in MayJapan · 42 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 13.0°C · 166 mm rain
- Iga in MayJapan · 42 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 13.1°C · 158 mm rain
- Yokkaichi in MayJapan · 44 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 13.2°C · 161 mm rain
- Handa in MayJapan · 50 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 14.0°C · 138 mm rain
- Kuwana in MayJapan · 54 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 12.8°C · 154 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 Matsusaka) is explained once on the Matsusaka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.