Machiya Weather in May
Machiya in May
The short of it: Machiya in May averages a high of 24 °C (75 °F) and a low of 15 °C (59 °F), with 131 mm (5.2 in) of rain and about 14 h 2 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 24° · low 15° · rain 131 mm · daylight 14 h 2 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: October & May
Thirty years of records give Machiya an average May high of 24°, a low of 15° and some 131 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from April to about 24°, with nights near 15°. Wet spells are common — about 131 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 2 min in mid-May, 59 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; the finest months here are October and May.
Against its neighbours, Machiya runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Arakawa, 1 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
May in Machiya, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 17 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 2 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h