Gotemba Weather in May
Gotemba in May
The short of it: Gotemba in May averages a high of 22 °C (72 °F) and a low of 12 °C (54 °F), with 140 mm (5.5 in) of rain and about 14 h 0 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 22° · low 12° · rain 140 mm · daylight 14 h 0 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: May & June
Thirty years of records give Gotemba an average May high of 22°, a low of 12° and some 140 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 4° from April to about 22°, with nights near 12°. Wet spells are common — about 140 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 0 min in mid-May, 58 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; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Gotemba runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Odawara, 21 km to the ESE, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Gotemba, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 13 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 0 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OdawaraKanagawa | 21 km ESE | 23° | 14° | 153 mm |
| NumazuShizuoka | 25 km SSW | 23° | 14° | 156 mm |
| HadanoKanagawa | 26 km ENE | 23° | 14° | 150 mm |
| FujiShizuoka | 29 km SW | 24° | 14° | 151 mm |
| HiratsukaKanagawa | 36 km E | 23° | 14° | 155 mm |
| SagamiharaKanagawa | 39 km NE | 21° | 12° | 136 mm |
| AtsugiKanagawa | 41 km ENE | 24° | 14° | 151 mm |
| ChigasakiKanagawa | 42 km E | 24° | 15° | 155 mm |