Kure Weather in May
Kure in May
The short of it: Kure in May averages a high of 22 °C (72 °F) and a low of 14 °C (58 °F), with 170 mm (6.7 in) of rain and about 13 h 56 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 22° · low 14° · rain 170 mm · daylight 13 h 56 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: May & October
Thirty years of records give Kure an average May high of 22°, a low of 14° and some 170 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from April to about 22°, with nights near 14°. Wet spells are common — about 170 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 56 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, Kure runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Etajima, 8 km to the W, sees much the same highs.
May in Kure, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 24 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 56 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EtajimaHiroshima | 8 km W | 22° | 14° | 171 mm |
| KumanoHiroshima | 11 km N | 23° | 14° | 172 mm |
| SakaHiroshima | 12 km NNW | 23° | 14° | 173 mm |
| KaitaichiHiroshima | 15 km NNW | 24° | 14° | 173 mm |
| FuchūHiroshima | 18 km NNW | 24° | 14° | 172 mm |
| HiroshimaHiroshima | 22 km NNW | 24° | 15° | 175 mm |
| MiyajimaHiroshima | 24 km WNW | 23° | 14° | 176 mm |
| GionHiroshima | 24 km NNW | 24° | 14° | 171 mm |