Ise Weather in May
Ise in May
The short of it: Ise in May averages a high of 23 °C (74 °F) and a low of 15 °C (58 °F), with 169 mm (6.7 in) of rain and about 13 h 57 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 169 mm · daylight 13 h 57 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: May & October
Thirty years of records give Ise an average May high of 23°, a low of 15° and some 169 mm of rain. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 23°; nights run about 15°. Wet spells are common — about 169 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 57 min in mid-May, 56 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, Ise runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Matsusaka, 18 km to the NW, sees much the same highs.
May in Ise, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 3.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 57 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h