Climate averages 1991–2020
Takaoka weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Takaoka: daytime highs average 21.0°C and nights cool to about 11.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 144 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 06 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Imizu (10 km away). In May its highs average 20.7°C, about as warm as Takaoka, with 156 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Takaoka ranks joint 211th of 303 for the warmest May highs and joint 155th of 303 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 303 cities is 21.3°C; Takaoka is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 24.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 144 mm to 188 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
Takaoka climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.4°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 170 | 23.4 | 10.010 h |
| February | 5.1°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 130 | 19.0 | 10.811 h |
| March | 9.8°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 158 | 18.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.8°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 137 | 14.5 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 21.0°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 144 | 13.4 | 14.114 h |
| June | 24.6°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 188 | 14.5 | 14.615 h |
| July | 28.0°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 272 | 18.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 29.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 199 | 15.7 | 13.614 h |
| September | 25.0°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 236 | 16.1 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.4°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 174 | 14.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.6°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 159 | 17.6 | 10.210 h |
| December | 7.6°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 183 | 22.5 | 9.710 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
- Imizu in MayJapan · 10 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 10.8°C · 156 mm rain
- Toyama in MayJapan · 19 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 10.2°C · 156 mm rain
- Kanazawa in MayJapan · 39 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 11.3°C · 130 mm rain
- Matsutō in MayJapan · 48 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 11.9°C · 130 mm rain
- Komatsu in MayJapan · 64 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 12.8°C · 130 mm rain
- Takayama in MayJapan · 72 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 9.0°C · 163 mm rain
- Azumino in MayJapan · 93 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 9.9°C · 156 mm rain
- Matsumoto in MayJapan · 103 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 9.8°C · 156 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 Takaoka) is explained once on the Takaoka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.