Climate averages 1991–2020

Weather in Japan in May

In May, average daytime highs across the 303 cities listed in Japan range from 11.1°C in Kushiro to 24.9°C in Naha. Monthly rainfall ranges from 77 mm in Kitami to 242 mm in Kochi.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

City by city

May in Japan

1991–2020

Average May climate for cities in Japan, 1991–2020
City	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm	Rain days
Tokyo	21.6°C14.0°C	14.0°C	129	11.8
Yokohama	20.1°C14.9°C	14.9°C	128	11.1
Osaka	23.0°C14.1°C	14.1°C	139	10.6
Nagoya	22.7°C12.7°C	12.7°C	144	10.6
Sapporo	16.1°C6.7°C	6.7°C	93	12.5
Fukuoka	22.9°C14.7°C	14.7°C	147	10.6
Kawasaki	21.1°C15.0°C	15.0°C	128	11.1
Kobe	22.4°C15.0°C	15.0°C	150	10.7
Kyoto	22.6°C12.9°C	12.9°C	153	11.6
Saitama	22.4°C13.4°C	13.4°C	128	12.2
Hiroshima	22.8°C13.8°C	13.8°C	143	10.3
Sendai	18.3°C10.3°C	10.3°C	103	11.4
Chiba	21.6°C14.7°C	14.7°C	149	12.1
Kitakyushu	21.9°C14.8°C	14.8°C	133	10.3
Sakai	22.8°C13.8°C	13.8°C	132	10.4
Niigata	19.4°C11.4°C	11.4°C	99	11.8
Hamamatsu	22.4°C14.0°C	14.0°C	184	12.0
Ōta	21.3°C14.6°C	14.6°C	128	11.1
Kumamoto	23.2°C15.2°C	15.2°C	178	11.9
Aihara	20.9°C12.6°C	12.6°C	158	13.6
Okayama	22.9°C14.1°C	14.1°C	124	9.9
Sagamihara	21.1°C12.6°C	12.6°C	158	13.6
Shizuoka	21.1°C13.9°C	13.9°C	234	13.9
Kawaguchi	22.3°C13.7°C	13.7°C	129	11.8
Kagoshima	23.5°C16.6°C	16.6°C	197	11.6
Hachiōji	21.2°C12.4°C	12.4°C	166	15.6
Himeji	20.8°C13.8°C	13.8°C	145	10.1
Utsunomiya	21.0°C10.8°C	10.8°C	134	12.4
Matsuyama	23.1°C15.2°C	15.2°C	154	11.1
Matsudo	22.1°C13.9°C	13.9°C	131	11.6
Higashiosaka	23.2°C13.9°C	13.9°C	139	10.6
Nishinomiya	23.0°C14.5°C	14.5°C	150	10.7
Kurashiki	22.5°C14.5°C	14.5°C	132	10.2
Ōita	23.0°C14.8°C	14.8°C	130	10.7
Fukuyama	22.9°C14.0°C	14.0°C	124	10.0
Kanazawa	21.1°C11.3°C	11.3°C	130	12.5
Katsushika	21.8°C14.3°C	14.3°C	129	11.8
Fujisawa	19.8°C15.0°C	15.0°C	159	11.9
Kashiwa	22.1°C13.6°C	13.6°C	131	11.6
Machida	20.0°C13.5°C	13.5°C	137	12.4
Toyota	22.6°C12.6°C	12.6°C	172	12.4
Shinagawa	22.5°C13.8°C	13.8°C	174	11.9
Takamatsu	21.3°C14.9°C	14.9°C	133	10.4
Toyama	20.7°C10.2°C	10.2°C	156	14.6
Yokosuka	19.8°C15.7°C	15.7°C	138	10.9
Nagasaki	21.2°C16.7°C	16.7°C	197	10.8
Hirakata	23.0°C13.6°C	13.6°C	129	10.1
Gifu	22.0°C11.8°C	11.8°C	216	13.1
Toyonaka	22.9°C13.8°C	13.8°C	139	10.6
Miyazaki	22.8°C16.8°C	16.8°C	200	12.6
Okazaki	22.7°C13.4°C	13.4°C	172	12.4
Ichinomiya	22.4°C12.3°C	12.3°C	176	11.9
Toyohashi	22.3°C13.7°C	13.7°C	170	11.3
Minato	21.4°C14.5°C	14.5°C	149	10.7
Takasaki	21.0°C11.1°C	11.1°C	178	16.0
Nagano	20.6°C9.7°C	9.7°C	133	14.7
Nara-shi	22.8°C13.1°C	13.1°C	129	10.1
Iwaki	19.8°C12.6°C	12.6°C	145	12.0
Kawagoe	21.9°C12.7°C	12.7°C	127	12.2
Koshigaya	22.4°C13.5°C	13.5°C	128	12.2
Ōtsu	22.1°C12.5°C	12.5°C	153	11.6
Tokorozawa	21.4°C12.5°C	12.5°C	139	13.1
Asahikawa	15.9°C5.6°C	5.6°C	91	13.0
Maebashi	21.3°C11.5°C	11.5°C	141	14.8
Kochi	22.8°C14.1°C	14.1°C	242	13.2
Kōriyama	20.1°C10.1°C	10.1°C	97	11.5
Naha	24.9°C22.8°C	22.8°C	207	13.8
Kasugai	22.9°C12.7°C	12.7°C	144	10.6
Akita	17.2°C10.0°C	10.0°C	130	13.4
Yokkaichi	22.3°C13.2°C	13.2°C	161	11.5
Akashi	21.4°C14.7°C	14.7°C	139	9.9
Kurume	23.8°C13.8°C	13.8°C	170	11.0
Aomori	18.5°C8.7°C	8.7°C	101	12.9
Fukushima	20.6°C10.0°C	10.0°C	106	11.9
Morioka	18.1°C8.2°C	8.2°C	94	12.8
Ichihara	21.5°C15.2°C	15.2°C	149	12.1
Hakodate	13.9°C7.7°C	7.7°C	119	11.6
Tsu	22.3°C14.1°C	14.1°C	175	11.9
Yao	22.9°C13.5°C	13.5°C	132	10.4
Kakogawachō-honmachi	20.9°C14.1°C	14.1°C	145	10.1
Mito	20.7°C12.7°C	12.7°C	148	12.6
Tokushima	21.9°C14.9°C	14.9°C	191	12.9
Nagaoka	21.4°C10.6°C	10.6°C	94	11.9
Fuchū	21.2°C13.2°C	13.2°C	139	13.1
Fukui-shi	19.8°C12.9°C	12.9°C	166	13.1
Hiratsuka	19.9°C14.4°C	14.4°C	181	13.5
Sōka	22.2°C13.8°C	13.8°C	129	11.8
Yamagata	19.2°C8.4°C	8.4°C	91	11.9
Fuji, Japan	22.0°C14.2°C	14.2°C	194	14.9
Sasebo	22.4°C15.9°C	15.9°C	149	10.1
Chigasaki	19.8°C14.8°C	14.8°C	159	11.9
Tsukuba	22.3°C13.3°C	13.3°C	131	12.4
Matsumoto	20.7°C9.8°C	9.8°C	156	14.2
Hachinohe	18.3°C9.2°C	9.2°C	88	11.4
Saga	23.2°C14.4°C	14.4°C	164	10.3
Kasukabe	22.6°C13.2°C	13.2°C	128	12.2
Ageo	22.3°C13.0°C	13.0°C	127	12.2
Takarazuka	23.0°C14.2°C	14.2°C	150	10.7
Ōta, Japan	22.0°C12.1°C	12.1°C	132	12.9
Minamirinkan	20.4°C13.3°C	13.3°C	137	12.4
Atsugi	20.1°C14.3°C	14.3°C	158	13.6
Kure	20.2°C14.6°C	14.6°C	155	9.9
Isesaki	21.2°C11.5°C	11.5°C	132	12.9
Kishiwada	22.5°C13.1°C	13.1°C	134	10.2
Matsue	19.5°C14.8°C	14.8°C	120	9.9
Nagareyama	22.3°C13.5°C	13.5°C	131	11.6
Yachiyo	21.6°C14.3°C	14.3°C	131	11.6
Higashihiroshima	21.7°C13.0°C	13.0°C	134	9.8
Suzuka	22.1°C13.6°C	13.6°C	161	11.5
Kumagaya	22.3°C12.9°C	12.9°C	152	13.6
Yamaguchi	22.4°C13.2°C	13.2°C	150	10.5
Uji	22.7°C13.0°C	13.0°C	153	11.6
Hino	21.2°C12.6°C	12.6°C	139	13.1
Kofu	22.6°C12.4°C	12.4°C	129	12.8
Numazu	21.5°C14.3°C	14.3°C	232	12.8
Jōetsu	21.0°C11.5°C	11.5°C	92	11.6
Odawara	21.8°C14.5°C	14.5°C	181	13.5
Anjō	22.6°C13.1°C	13.1°C	138	10.3
Tottori-shi	20.8°C13.7°C	13.7°C	136	11.7
Narashino	21.7°C14.3°C	14.3°C	131	11.6
Tomakomai	12.7°C6.7°C	6.7°C	109	11.8
Hitachi	20.0°C12.9°C	12.9°C	144	12.5
Sakura	21.8°C14.4°C	14.4°C	128	11.6
Ube	21.3°C14.9°C	14.9°C	166	10.2
Izumo	20.3°C14.3°C	14.3°C	117	10.5
Urayasu	21.8°C14.4°C	14.4°C	131	11.6
Imabari	21.8°C15.6°C	15.6°C	156	11.1
Takaoka	21.0°C11.4°C	11.4°C	144	13.4
Nishio	21.8°C14.0°C	14.0°C	154	10.0
Hirosaki	18.7°C8.0°C	8.0°C	104	13.1
Kushiro	11.1°C5.4°C	5.4°C	105	10.5
Oyama	22.1°C12.4°C	12.4°C	153	13.7
Iwata	22.0°C13.9°C	13.9°C	184	12.0
Obihiro	16.3°C5.8°C	5.8°C	107	11.3
Niiza	22.0°C13.4°C	13.4°C	139	13.1
Hadano	21.0°C14.1°C	14.1°C	181	13.5
Ōgaki	22.2°C12.4°C	12.4°C	181	12.3
Miyakonojō	23.6°C15.6°C	15.6°C	207	12.3
Sayama	21.6°C12.3°C	12.3°C	139	13.1
Matsusaka	22.3°C14.0°C	14.0°C	174	12.3
Tochigi	22.0°C12.1°C	12.1°C	173	14.9
Ueda	21.1°C10.2°C	10.2°C	123	13.9
Hitachi-Naka	19.8°C13.0°C	13.0°C	144	12.5
Kariya	22.5°C13.5°C	13.5°C	138	10.3
Kukichūō	22.6°C12.9°C	12.9°C	128	12.2
Musashino	21.3°C13.6°C	13.6°C	139	13.1
Shūnan	20.5°C12.8°C	12.8°C	169	10.1
Komaki	22.5°C12.2°C	12.2°C	144	10.6
Yonago	20.5°C13.8°C	13.8°C	121	10.4
Tama	20.5°C13.0°C	13.0°C	139	13.1
Iruma	21.2°C12.3°C	12.3°C	166	15.6
Fujieda	20.8°C14.2°C	14.2°C	223	12.5
Kakamigahara	22.0°C11.6°C	11.6°C	216	13.1
Tsuchiura	22.2°C13.6°C	13.6°C	129	12.0
Kusatsu	22.4°C12.9°C	12.9°C	138	10.7
Okinawa	24.1°C21.9°C	21.9°C	207	13.8
Ishinomaki	17.0°C11.5°C	11.5°C	100	10.2
Kuwana	22.4°C12.8°C	12.8°C	154	11.1
Koga	22.3°C12.6°C	12.6°C	153	13.7
Kisarazu	21.2°C15.2°C	15.2°C	149	12.1
Isahaya	21.3°C15.8°C	15.8°C	197	10.8
Ebetsu	15.8°C6.5°C	6.5°C	84	11.3
Ōme	21.7°C12.7°C	12.7°C	166	15.6
Narita	22.1°C14.0°C	14.0°C	128	11.6
Tondabayashichō	22.7°C12.8°C	12.8°C	132	10.4
Sandachō	22.0°C13.3°C	13.3°C	147	11.1
Fujinomiya	21.2°C13.0°C	13.0°C	232	16.8
Ōmuta	23.0°C15.0°C	15.0°C	172	11.1
Onomichi	22.4°C13.8°C	13.8°C	124	10.0
Iwakuni	22.2°C14.8°C	14.8°C	158	10.3
Ōsaki	19.6°C9.8°C	9.8°C	109	11.4
Seto	22.5°C12.5°C	12.5°C	144	10.6
Iizuka	23.9°C14.2°C	14.2°C	133	10.3
Tsuruoka	18.6°C11.4°C	11.4°C	134	13.7
Uruma	24.5°C22.5°C	22.5°C	207	14.1
Kashihara-shi	22.9°C12.9°C	12.9°C	145	11.5
Ise	21.6°C14.6°C	14.6°C	164	11.8
Kirishima	24.5°C15.8°C	15.8°C	205	11.7
Honmachi	23.8°C16.1°C	16.1°C	174	11.8
Niihama	22.8°C15.1°C	15.1°C	158	11.2
Beppu	23.6°C14.9°C	14.9°C	130	10.7
Ikoma	22.2°C12.6°C	12.6°C	129	10.1
Nobeoka	23.3°C15.3°C	15.3°C	206	12.1
Kitami	15.4°C5.3°C	5.3°C	77	11.6
Aizu-Wakamatsu	20.0°C9.8°C	9.8°C	95	11.8
Kakegawa	21.7°C13.9°C	13.9°C	196	12.5
Handa	21.8°C14.0°C	14.0°C	138	10.3
Sano	22.2°C12.3°C	12.3°C	152	13.6
Karatsu	22.7°C15.6°C	15.6°C	143	10.3
Hōfu	22.5°C14.2°C	14.2°C	162	10.1
Kōnosu	22.3°C12.8°C	12.8°C	127	12.2
Nasushiobara	20.3°C10.3°C	10.3°C	148	13.9
Otaru	15.1°C7.0°C	7.0°C	84	11.7
Ichinoseki	19.3°C9.2°C	9.2°C	104	11.6
Hatsukaichi	23.3°C14.4°C	14.4°C	158	10.3
Tōkai	22.3°C13.3°C	13.3°C	138	10.3
Hikone	21.0°C12.7°C	12.7°C	170	12.0
Nagahama	21.3°C12.7°C	12.7°C	181	12.5
Ōshū	19.3°C9.3°C	9.3°C	110	12.4
Youkaichi	21.9°C12.7°C	12.7°C	156	11.5

Showing the 200 most populous of 303 cities. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation.