Climate averages 1991–2020
Tsuyama weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Tsuyama: daytime highs average 22.9°C and nights cool to about 12.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 144 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 59 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Okayama (45 km away). In May its highs average 22.9°C, about as warm as Tsuyama, with 124 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Tsuyama ranks joint 35th of 303 for the warmest May highs and joint 155th of 303 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 303 cities is 21.3°C; Tsuyama is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 144 mm to 188 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
Tsuyama climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.4°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 45 | 6.1 | 10.110 h |
| February | 8.4°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 57 | 7.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 12.6°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 109 | 10.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.3°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 120 | 10.5 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 22.9°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 144 | 10.9 | 14.014 h |
| June | 26.2°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 188 | 13.1 | 14.514 h |
| July | 29.7°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 229 | 16.1 | 14.314 h |
| August | 30.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 140 | 13.4 | 13.513 h |
| September | 26.5°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 181 | 11.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.2°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 113 | 7.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.5°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 61 | 6.1 | 10.410 h |
| December | 9.9°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 52 | 6.3 | 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
- Okayama in MayJapan · 45 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.1°C · 124 mm rain
- Tottori-shi in MayJapan · 54 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 13.7°C · 136 mm rain
- Tatsuno in MayJapan · 55 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 13.9°C · 146 mm rain
- Kurashiki in MayJapan · 56 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 14.5°C · 132 mm rain
- Himeji in MayJapan · 69 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 13.8°C · 145 mm rain
- Yonago in MayJapan · 74 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 13.8°C · 121 mm rain
- Takamatsu in MayJapan · 80 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 14.9°C · 133 mm rain
- Kakogawachō-honmachi in MayJapan · 82 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 14.1°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 Tsuyama) is explained once on the Tsuyama year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.