Osaka Weather in May
Osaka in May
The short of it: Osaka in May averages a high of 26 °C (78 °F) and a low of 15 °C (59 °F), with 128 mm (5.0 in) of rain and about 13 h 58 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 26° · low 15° · rain 128 mm · daylight 13 h 58 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: October & April
Thirty years of records give Osaka an average May high of 26°, a low of 15° and some 128 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from April to about 26°, with nights near 15°. Wet spells are common — about 128 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 58 min in mid-May, 57 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 April.
Against its neighbours, Osaka runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Moriguchi, 7 km to the NE, sees much the same highs.
May in Osaka, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 14 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 58 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h