Sendai Weather in May
Sendai in May
The short of it: Sendai in May averages a high of 25 °C (76 °F) and a low of 16 °C (60 °F), with 194 mm (7.6 in) of rain and about 13 h 46 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 25° · low 16° · rain 194 mm · daylight 13 h 46 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: May & October
Thirty years of records give Sendai an average May high of 25°, a low of 16° and some 194 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 25°, nights near 16°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 194 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 46 min in mid-May, 51 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, Sendai runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Ichikikushikino, 10 km to the S, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Sendai, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 16 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 46 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IchikikushikinoKagoshima | 10 km S | 24° | 15° | 203 mm |
| KushikinoKagoshima | 12 km SSW | 24° | 16° | 199 mm |
| UmekiKagoshima | 18 km SSE | 23° | 15° | 210 mm |
| TsurudaKagoshima | 23 km NE | 24° | 15° | 195 mm |
| AkuneKagoshima | 24 km NNW | 24° | 16° | 180 mm |
| IjūinKagoshima | 24 km SSE | 23° | 15° | 208 mm |
| AiraKagoshima | 28 km E | 24° | 15° | 202 mm |
| IzumiKagoshima | 30 km NNE | 24° | 15° | 190 mm |