Climate averages 1991–2020
Tokushima weather
in May.
A mild, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Tokushima: daytime highs average 21.9°C and nights cool to about 14.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 191 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 55 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Anan (18 km away). In May its highs average 21.0°C, 0.8°C cooler than Tokushima, with 165 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Tokushima ranks joint 148th of 303 for the warmest May highs and joint 277th of 303 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 303 cities is 21.3°C; Tokushima is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 24.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 191 mm to 277 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
Tokushima climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.2°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 71 | 7.3 | 10.210 h |
| February | 10.1°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 81 | 8.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 13.3°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 128 | 11.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 17.9°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 151 | 11.3 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 21.9°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 191 | 12.9 | 13.914 h |
| June | 24.8°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 277 | 16.8 | 14.414 h |
| July | 28.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 261 | 17.8 | 14.214 h |
| August | 29.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 203 | 15.9 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.3°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 286 | 15.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.3°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 231 | 11.7 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.4°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 105 | 8.2 | 10.410 h |
| December | 11.5°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 81 | 7.0 | 9.910 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
- Anan in MayJapan · 18 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 16.3°C · 165 mm rain
- Takamatsu in MayJapan · 56 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 14.9°C · 133 mm rain
- Minato in MayJapan · 56 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 14.5°C · 149 mm rain
- Marugame in MayJapan · 76 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 14.9°C · 130 mm rain
- Akashi in MayJapan · 77 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 14.7°C · 139 mm rain
- Izumisano in MayJapan · 79 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 13.9°C · 134 mm rain
- Kakogawachō-honmachi in MayJapan · 82 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 14.1°C · 145 mm rain
- Tanabe in MayJapan · 83 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 16.0°C · 176 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 Tokushima) is explained once on the Tokushima year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.