Sōja Weather in May
Sōja in May
The short of it: Sōja in May averages a high of 24 °C (76 °F) and a low of 14 °C (57 °F), with 138 mm (5.4 in) of rain and about 13 h 58 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are November and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 24° · low 14° · rain 138 mm · daylight 13 h 58 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: November & October
Thirty years of records give Sōja an average May high of 24°, a low of 14° and some 138 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from April to about 24°, with nights near 14°. Wet spells are common — about 138 mm, the 4th 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 November and October.
Against its neighbours, Sōja runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Kurashiki, 10 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
May in Sōja, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 19 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 58 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KurashikiOkayama | 10 km S | 24° | 14° | 140 mm |
| OkayamaOkayama | 17 km E | 25° | 14° | 140 mm |
| TakahashiOkayama | 17 km NW | 23° | 13° | 141 mm |
| AsakuchiOkayama | 21 km SW | 23° | 14° | 137 mm |
| Kamogatachō-kamogataOkayama | 21 km SW | 23° | 14° | 137 mm |
| TamanoOkayama | 25 km SE | 23° | 14° | 141 mm |
| IbaraOkayama | 27 km WSW | 24° | 14° | 133 mm |
| AkaiwaOkayama | 29 km ENE | 24° | 13° | 139 mm |