Climate averages 1991–2020
Tanabe weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Tanabe: daytime highs average 22.1°C and nights cool to about 16.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 176 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 13 h 53 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Minato (57 km away). In May its highs average 21.4°C, 0.8°C cooler than Tanabe, with 149 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Tanabe ranks joint 123rd of 303 for the warmest May highs and joint 258th of 303 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 303 cities is 21.3°C; Tanabe is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 176 mm to 293 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
Tanabe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.0°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 95 | 11.7 | 10.210 h |
| February | 10.8°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 106 | 11.3 | 11.011 h |
| March | 14.0°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 151 | 12.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 18.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 158 | 11.1 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 22.1°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 176 | 11.0 | 13.914 h |
| June | 24.9°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 293 | 15.4 | 14.414 h |
| July | 28.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 246 | 14.4 | 14.214 h |
| August | 29.6°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 146 | 13.3 | 13.413 h |
| September | 27.1°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 215 | 13.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.5°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 217 | 11.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 17.6°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 127 | 8.8 | 10.410 h |
| December | 12.5°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 97 | 10.1 | 10.010 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
- Minato in MayJapan · 57 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 14.5°C · 149 mm rain
- Anan in MayJapan · 69 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 16.3°C · 165 mm rain
- Izumisano in MayJapan · 76 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 13.9°C · 134 mm rain
- Kawachi-Nagano in MayJapan · 81 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 12.7°C · 132 mm rain
- Kishiwada in MayJapan · 82 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 13.1°C · 134 mm rain
- Tokushima in MayJapan · 83 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 14.9°C · 191 mm rain
- Tondabayashichō in MayJapan · 88 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.8°C · 132 mm rain
- Kashiba in MayJapan · 95 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 12.7°C · 145 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 Tanabe) is explained once on the Tanabe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.