Kitami Weather in May
Kitami in May
The short of it: Kitami in May averages a high of 16 °C (60 °F) and a low of 6 °C (42 °F), with 73 mm (2.9 in) of rain and about 14 h 43 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 6° · rain 73 mm · daylight 14 h 43 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Kitami an average May high of 16°, a low of 6° and some 73 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 6° from April to about 16°, with nights near 6°. Wet spells are common — about 73 mm, the 7th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 43 min in mid-May, 80 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 July and August.
Against its neighbours, Kitami runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Motomachi, 15 km to the SW, sees much the same highs.
May in Kitami, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 1.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 43 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h