Climate averages 1991–2020
Ube weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Ube: daytime highs average 21.3°C and nights cool to about 14.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 166 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 54 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hōfu (31 km away). In May its highs average 22.5°C, 1.1°C warmer than Ube, with 162 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Ube ranks joint 185th of 303 for the warmest May highs and joint 232nd of 303 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 303 cities is 21.3°C; Ube is level with that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 24.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 166 mm to 269 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
Ube climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 73 | 10.9 | 10.210 h |
| February | 9.4°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 83 | 10.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 12.5°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 133 | 11.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 17.1°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 147 | 10.7 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 21.3°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 166 | 10.2 | 13.914 h |
| June | 24.6°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 269 | 14.1 | 14.414 h |
| July | 28.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 256 | 14.4 | 14.214 h |
| August | 29.7°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 141 | 11.9 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.4°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 161 | 11.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.6°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 100 | 7.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.2°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 86 | 8.4 | 10.410 h |
| December | 10.9°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 74 | 11.0 | 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
- Hōfu in MayJapan · 31 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 14.2°C · 162 mm rain
- Yamaguchi in MayJapan · 33 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 13.2°C · 150 mm rain
- Yukuhashi in MayJapan · 34 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.8°C · 155 mm rain
- Kitakyushu in MayJapan · 38 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 14.8°C · 133 mm rain
- Nakatsu in MayJapan · 39 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 15.1°C · 143 mm rain
- Shūnan in MayJapan · 55 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 12.8°C · 169 mm rain
- Iizuka in MayJapan · 62 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 14.2°C · 133 mm rain
- Munakata in MayJapan · 66 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 14.8°C · 131 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 Ube) is explained once on the Ube year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.