Amami Weather in May
Amami in May
The short of it: Amami in May averages a high of 25 °C (77 °F) and a low of 20 °C (68 °F), with 302 mm (11.9 in) of rain and about 13 h 33 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are November and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 25° · low 20° · rain 302 mm · daylight 13 h 33 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: November & April
May in Amami brings afternoons near 25° and nights around 20°, with about 302 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 25°, nights near 20°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 302 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 33 min in mid-May, 44 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are November and April.
Against its neighbours, Amami runs warmer than most and about as wet in May. Naze, 2 km to the SW, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Amami, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 100 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 33 min
- Average wind
- 16 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NazeKagoshima | 2 km SW | 25° | 20° | 310 mm |
| YamatohamaKagoshima | 10 km W | 25° | 20° | 300 mm |
| TatsugōKagoshima | 13 km NE | 25° | 20° | 310 mm |
| UkenKagoshima | 27 km WSW | 25° | 20° | 286 mm |
| SeisuiKagoshima | 31 km SSW | 25° | 20° | 294 mm |
| AkarenKagoshima | 44 km E | 26° | 21° | 323 mm |
| TokuwaseKagoshima | 83 km SSW | 26° | 21° | 277 mm |
| AmagiKagoshima | 85 km SW | 26° | 20° | 269 mm |