Climate averages 1991–2020
Obihiro weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Obihiro: daytime highs average 16.3°C and nights cool to about 5.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 107 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 37 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kushiro (95 km away). In May its highs average 11.1°C, 5.2°C cooler than Obihiro, with 105 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Obihiro ranks 291st of 303 for the warmest May highs and 27th of 303 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 303 cities is 21.3°C; Obihiro is 5.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 19.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 107 mm to 98 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
Obihiro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.7°C-14.8°C | -14.8°C | 53 | 6.2 | 9.49 h |
| February | -2.5°C-13.5°C | -13.5°C | 42 | 6.5 | 10.510 h |
| March | 2.2°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 68 | 9.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 9.3°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 84 | 10.4 | 13.413 h |
| May, selected | 16.3°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 107 | 11.3 | 14.615 h |
| June | 19.5°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 98 | 11.0 | 15.315 h |
| July | 22.8°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 126 | 12.8 | 15.015 h |
| August | 23.7°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 168 | 13.7 | 13.914 h |
| September | 20.4°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 165 | 12.8 | 12.513 h |
| October | 14.6°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 110 | 9.6 | 11.111 h |
| November | 7.1°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 75 | 8.9 | 9.810 h |
| December | -0.8°C-10.6°C | -10.6°C | 68 | 7.6 | 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
- Kushiro in MayJapan · 95 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 5.4°C · 105 mm rain
- Kitami in MayJapan · 113 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 5.3°C · 77 mm rain
- Asahikawa in MayJapan · 117 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.6°C · 91 mm rain
- Iwamizawa in MayJapan · 122 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 6.8°C · 83 mm rain
- Chitose in MayJapan · 127 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 6.5°C · 95 mm rain
- Eniwa in MayJapan · 133 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 6.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Tomakomai in MayJapan · 134 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 6.7°C · 109 mm rain
- Ebetsu in MayJapan · 136 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 Obihiro) is explained once on the Obihiro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.