Kimobetsu Weather in May
Kimobetsu in May
The short of it: Kimobetsu in May averages a high of 15 °C (59 °F) and a low of 5 °C (42 °F), with 82 mm (3.2 in) of rain and about 14 h 37 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 15° · low 5° · rain 82 mm · daylight 14 h 37 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: August & July
Thirty years of records give Kimobetsu an average May high of 15°, a low of 5° and some 82 mm of rain. Highs rise 8° against April, to near 15°; nights run about 5°. Wet spells are common — about 82 mm, the 10th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 37 min in mid-May, 77 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are August and July.
Against its neighbours, Kimobetsu runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Rusutsu, 8 km to the SW, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Kimobetsu, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 8° warmer, 3.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 37 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RusutsuHokkaido | 8 km SW | 15° | 6° | 80 mm |
| KyōgokuHokkaido | 8 km NNW | 16° | 6° | 76 mm |
| MakkariHokkaido | 11 km WSW | 16° | 6° | 77 mm |
| KutchanHokkaido | 20 km NW | 16° | 6° | 72 mm |
| NisekoHokkaido | 20 km W | 16° | 7° | 72 mm |
| Niseko TownHokkaido | 22 km W | 16° | 6° | 73 mm |
| SōbetsuHokkaido | 26 km S | 15° | 7° | 81 mm |
| Tōyako-onsemmachiHokkaido | 27 km SSW | 14° | 7° | 81 mm |