Climate averages 1991–2020
Tsu weather
in May.
A warm, 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 warm month in Tsu: daytime highs average 22.3°C and nights cool to about 14.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 175 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 58 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Matsusaka (17 km away). In May its highs average 22.3°C, about as warm as Tsu, with 174 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Tsu ranks joint 92nd of 303 for the warmest May highs and joint 256th of 303 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 303 cities is 21.3°C; Tsu is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 25.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 175 mm to 235 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
Tsu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.7°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 68 | 6.4 | 10.110 h |
| February | 9.6°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 75 | 7.8 | 10.911 h |
| March | 13.2°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 128 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.0°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 146 | 10.6 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 22.3°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 175 | 11.9 | 14.014 h |
| June | 25.5°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 235 | 15.3 | 14.414 h |
| July | 29.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 221 | 17.9 | 14.214 h |
| August | 30.3°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 179 | 15.8 | 13.513 h |
| September | 26.8°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 253 | 15.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.6°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 230 | 11.8 | 11.311 h |
| November | 16.3°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 106 | 8.1 | 10.410 h |
| December | 11.1°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 69 | 7.2 | 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
- Matsusaka in MayJapan · 17 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.0°C · 174 mm rain
- Suzuka in MayJapan · 18 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 13.6°C · 161 mm rain
- Yokkaichi in MayJapan · 28 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 13.2°C · 161 mm rain
- Ise in MayJapan · 32 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 14.6°C · 164 mm rain
- Iga in MayJapan · 35 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 13.1°C · 158 mm rain
- Kuwana in MayJapan · 38 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 12.8°C · 154 mm rain
- Handa in MayJapan · 42 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 14.0°C · 138 mm rain
- Nabari in MayJapan · 42 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 13.0°C · 166 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 Tsu) is explained once on the Tsu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.