Hakuba Weather in May
Hakuba in May
The short of it: Hakuba in May averages a high of 20 °C (69 °F) and a low of 9 °C (48 °F), with 99 mm (3.9 in) of rain and about 14 h 7 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 9° · rain 99 mm · daylight 14 h 7 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: September & June
Thirty years of records give Hakuba an average May high of 20°, a low of 9° and some 99 mm of rain. Highs rise 6° against April, to near 20°; nights run about 9°. Wet spells are common — about 99 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 7 min in mid-May, 61 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 September and June.
Against its neighbours, Hakuba runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Ōmachi, 22 km to the S, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Hakuba, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 1.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 7 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h