Climate averages 1991–2020
Tottori-shi weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Tottori-shi: daytime highs average 20.8°C and nights cool to about 13.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 136 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 01 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Toyooka (53 km away). In May its highs average 22.0°C, 1.2°C warmer than Tottori-shi, with 156 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Tottori-shi ranks joint 221st of 303 for the warmest May highs and joint 120th of 303 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 303 cities is 21.3°C; Tottori-shi is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 24.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 136 mm to 165 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
Tottori-shi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.2°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 147 | 22.0 | 10.110 h |
| February | 7.7°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 114 | 17.5 | 10.911 h |
| March | 11.1°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 133 | 15.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.2°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 114 | 11.8 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 20.8°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 136 | 11.7 | 14.014 h |
| June | 24.1°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 165 | 13.9 | 14.515 h |
| July | 27.7°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 197 | 15.8 | 14.314 h |
| August | 29.2°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 147 | 13.8 | 13.513 h |
| September | 25.1°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 223 | 15.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.1°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 139 | 12.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.2°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 116 | 14.7 | 10.310 h |
| December | 10.0°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 152 | 19.7 | 9.810 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
- Toyooka in MayJapan · 53 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 12.5°C · 156 mm rain
- Tsuyama in MayJapan · 54 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 12.8°C · 144 mm rain
- Tatsuno in MayJapan · 79 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 13.9°C · 146 mm rain
- Yonago in MayJapan · 82 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 13.8°C · 121 mm rain
- Fukuchiyama in MayJapan · 83 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 12.5°C · 155 mm rain
- Himeji in MayJapan · 87 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 13.8°C · 145 mm rain
- Kakogawachō-honmachi in MayJapan · 98 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 14.1°C · 145 mm rain
- Okayama in MayJapan · 98 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.1°C · 124 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 Tottori-shi) is explained once on the Tottori-shi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.