Aso Weather in May
Aso in May
The short of it: Aso in May averages a high of 22 °C (71 °F) and a low of 12 °C (54 °F), with 202 mm (8.0 in) of rain and about 13 h 50 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 22° · low 12° · rain 202 mm · daylight 13 h 50 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & May
Thirty years of records give Aso an average May high of 22°, a low of 12° and some 202 mm of rain. Highs rise 5° against April, to near 22°; nights run about 12°. Wet spells are common — about 202 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 50 min in mid-May, 53 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 June and May.
Against its neighbours, Aso runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Ōzu, 20 km to the WSW, is 3° warmer by day.
May in Aso, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 31 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 50 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ŌzuKumamoto | 20 km WSW | 25° | 14° | 176 mm |
| KikuchiKumamoto | 25 km WNW | 25° | 15° | 166 mm |
| OkinoKumamoto | 28 km WSW | 26° | 15° | 174 mm |
| KōshiKumamoto | 29 km W | 26° | 15° | 171 mm |
| ShimadaKumamoto | 34 km SW | 26° | 15° | 174 mm |
| KotōKumamoto | 36 km WSW | 26° | 15° | 174 mm |
| Uekimachi-mōnoKumamoto | 37 km W | 25° | 15° | 171 mm |
| YamagaKumamoto | 38 km WNW | 25° | 15° | 160 mm |