Average temperatures for May at cities and towns throughout Japan are listed below in degrees Celsius and Fahrenheit.
You can jump to a separate table for each section of the country: Hokkaidō, Tōhoku, Kantō, Chūbu, Kansai, Chūgoku Shikoku, Kyūshū and Okinawa.
The tables give the month's long-term historical averages for maximum and minimum temperatures based on weather data collected from 1981 to 2010.
Hokkaidō
Average May temperatures
High °F |
Low °F |
Place |
High °C |
Low °C |
58 |
42 |
Abashiri |
14 |
5 |
64 |
42 |
Asahikawa |
18 |
5 |
62 |
46 |
Hakodate |
17 |
8 |
64 |
42 |
Obihiro |
18 |
6 |
63 |
47 |
Sapporo |
17 |
8 |
56 |
43 |
Tomakomai |
14 |
6 |
54 |
43 |
Wakkanai |
12 |
6 |
Tōhoku
Average daily temperatures in May
High °F |
Low °F |
Place |
High °C |
Low °C |
65 |
48 |
Aomori |
18 |
9 |
73 |
53 |
Fukushima |
23 |
12 |
66 |
53 |
Iwaki |
19 |
12 |
67 |
47 |
Morioka |
20 |
9 |
67 |
52 |
Sendai |
19 |
11 |
Kantō
May temperatures: daily averages
High °F |
Low °F |
Place |
High °C |
Low °C |
72 |
59 |
Chiba |
22 |
15 |
70 |
61 |
Hachijo-jima Island |
21 |
16 |
74 |
56 |
Maebashi |
24 |
13 |
59 |
41 |
Nikko |
15 |
5 |
73 |
60 |
Tokyo |
23 |
15 |
73 |
55 |
Utsunomiya |
23 |
13 |
72 |
59 |
Yokohama |
22 |
15 |
Chūbu
Average May temperatures
High °F |
Low °F |
Place |
High °C |
Low °C |
67 |
53 |
Aikawa, Sado Island |
20 |
12 |
76 |
58 |
Gifu |
24 |
14 |
73 |
59 |
Hamamatsu |
23 |
15 |
71 |
56 |
Kanazawa |
22 |
13 |
73 |
51 |
Nagano |
23 |
11 |
75 |
58 |
Nagoya |
24 |
15 |
70 |
55 |
Niigata |
21 |
13 |
73 |
58 |
Shizuoka |
23 |
15 |
Kansai
Average May temperatures
High °F |
Low °F |
Place |
High °C |
Low °C |
74 |
55 |
Himeji |
23 |
13 |
74 |
61 |
Kobe |
23 |
16 |
76 |
57 |
Kyoto |
25 |
14 |
75 |
55 |
Nara |
24 |
13 |
76 |
60 |
Osaka |
25 |
16 |
73 |
59 |
Tsu |
23 |
15 |
75 |
59 |
Wakayama |
24 |
15 |
Chūgoku
Temperature averages for May
High °F |
Low °F |
Place |
High °C |
Low °C |
74 |
55 |
Fukuyama |
23 |
13 |
75 |
58 |
Hiroshima |
24 |
15 |
73 |
58 |
Kure |
23 |
15 |
73 |
55 |
Matsue |
23 |
13 |
76 |
58 |
Okayama |
24 |
15 |
74 |
55 |
Tottori |
23 |
13 |
76 |
56 |
Yamaguchi |
24 |
13 |
Shikoku
Normal May temperatures
High °F |
Low °F |
Place |
High °C |
Low °C |
76 |
59 |
Kochi |
24 |
15 |
74 |
58 |
Matsuyama |
24 |
15 |
75 |
58 |
Takamatsu |
24 |
14 |
74 |
59 |
Tokushima |
24 |
15 |
Kyūshū
May temperatures
High °F |
Low °F |
Place |
High °C |
Low °C |
75 |
60 |
Fukuoka |
24 |
16 |
77 |
63 |
Kagoshima |
25 |
17 |
78 |
59 |
Kumamoto |
26 |
15 |
75 |
61 |
Miyazaki |
24 |
16 |
74 |
60 |
Nagasaki |
24 |
16 |
74 |
58 |
Oita |
24 |
15 |
78 |
69 |
Wadomari, Okinoerabu Island |
26 |
21 |
76 |
63 |
Yakushima Island Airport |
24 |
17 |
Okinawa
Average May temperatures
High °F |
Low °F |
Place |
High °C |
Low °C |
83 |
73 |
Iriomote Island |
28 |
23 |
83 |
74 |
Ishigaki Island |
28 |
24 |
80 |
71 |
Kume |
27 |
22 |
82 |
73 |
Miyakojima |
28 |
23 |
80 |
69 |
Nago |
27 |
21 |
80 |
71 |
Naha |
27 |
22 |
82 |
74 |
Yonaguni Island |
28 |
23 |