Climate averages 1991–2020
Takayama weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Takayama: daytime highs average 19.0°C and nights cool to about 9.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 163 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes May a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 04 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Azumino (60 km away). In May its highs average 20.6°C, 1.6°C warmer than Takayama, with 156 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Takayama ranks 277th of 303 for the warmest May highs and 227th of 303 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 303 cities is 21.3°C; Takayama is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 22.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 163 mm to 220 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
Takayama climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.4°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 155 | 21.5 | 10.010 h |
| February | 2.4°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 135 | 18.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 6.3°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 172 | 17.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.7°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 158 | 15.5 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 19.0°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 163 | 14.8 | 14.114 h |
| June | 22.3°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 220 | 17.7 | 14.615 h |
| July | 25.5°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 278 | 21.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 26.8°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 179 | 18.8 | 13.514 h |
| September | 23.1°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 216 | 16.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 17.6°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 181 | 14.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 11.2°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 141 | 15.9 | 10.310 h |
| December | 4.5°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 159 | 20.6 | 9.810 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
- Azumino in MayJapan · 60 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 9.9°C · 156 mm rain
- Toyama in MayJapan · 63 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 10.2°C · 156 mm rain
- Matsumoto in MayJapan · 65 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 9.8°C · 156 mm rain
- Imizu in MayJapan · 71 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 10.8°C · 156 mm rain
- Takaoka in MayJapan · 72 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 11.4°C · 144 mm rain
- Matsutō in MayJapan · 75 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 11.9°C · 130 mm rain
- Nakatsugawa in MayJapan · 76 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 11.1°C · 204 mm rain
- Kanazawa in MayJapan · 77 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 11.3°C · 130 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 Takayama) is explained once on the Takayama year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.