Hōjō Weather in May
Hōjō in May
The short of it: Hōjō in May averages a high of 23 °C (74 °F) and a low of 15 °C (59 °F), with 151 mm (5.9 in) of rain and about 13 h 55 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 23° · low 15° · rain 151 mm · daylight 13 h 55 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: May & October
Thirty years of records give Hōjō an average May high of 23°, a low of 15° and some 151 mm of rain. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 23°; nights run about 15°. Wet spells are common — about 151 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 55 min in mid-May, 55 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, Hōjō runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Matsuyama, 15 km to the S, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Hōjō, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 18 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 55 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MatsuyamaEhime | 15 km S | 24° | 15° | 154 mm |
| Masaki-chōEhime | 22 km SSW | 24° | 15° | 156 mm |
| TōonEhime | 23 km SSE | 23° | 14° | 174 mm |
| HaramachiEhime | 23 km S | 24° | 15° | 162 mm |
| ImabariEhime | 23 km ENE | 24° | 15° | 150 mm |
| IyoEhime | 26 km SSW | 24° | 15° | 154 mm |
| KureHiroshima | 34 km NW | 22° | 14° | 170 mm |
| SakaridaniHiroshima | 35 km NNE | 23° | 15° | 143 mm |