Average Temperatures for Japan in May

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
Reference

Japan Meteorological Agency. Historical weather data retrieval.

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