Sakaki weather in May

In May, Sakaki sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 123 mm of precipitation across 13.9 wet days and about 13.9 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 30 min at the start of May to 14 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Sakaki's 8th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sakaki's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 8th coldest
Precipitation: 123 mm; 13.9 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 54 min; 4:45 AM – 6:42 PM
Cloud cover: 64%; 8th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 5.72 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.7; out of 10

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical May day in Sakaki reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 3°C cooler than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	7
2	18	7
3	18	7
4	19	7
5	19	7
6	19	8
7	19	8
8	19	8
9	19	8
10	19	8
11	20	9
12	20	9
13	20	9
14	20	9
15	20	9
16	20	9
17	20	10
18	20	10
19	21	10
20	21	10
21	21	10
22	21	10
23	21	11
24	21	11
25	21	11
26	21	11
27	21	11
28	22	11
29	22	11
30	22	12
31	22	12

How May really feels in Sakaki

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Sakaki weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	3° / -5°	90	16.5	18.2	9.8	0.0
Feb	4° / -5°	84	13.6	13.8	10.6	0.0
Mar	8° / -2°	118	15.3	11.6	11.7	1.1
Apr	14° / 3°	107	13.5	3	12.9	3.9
May	20° / 9°	123	13.9	0.1	13.9	5.7
Jun	23° / 14°	168	17.2	0	14.4	5.4
Jul	27° / 18°	209	20.3	0	14.2	4.9
Aug	28° / 19°	134	16.2	0	13.4	5.1
Sep	24° / 15°	161	15.3	0	12.2	5.7
Oct	18° / 9°	150	14.2	0.1	11.1	5.1
Nov	12° / 2°	87	12.9	3.8	10.1	2.8
Dec	6° / -3°	88	16.1	14.5	9.6	0.4

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 58%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	46	45	45	46	46	45	44	43	43	43	42	42	41	42	42	42	42	42	41	41	41	41	40	40	40	39	39	39	38	37	37
Cloudier (%)	54	55	55	54	54	55	56	57	57	57	58	58	59	58	58	58	58	58	59	59	59	59	60	60	60	61	61	61	62	63	63

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	46	54
5	46	54
6	45	55
7	44	56
8	43	57
9	43	57
10	43	57
11	42	58
12	42	58
13	41	59
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	42	58
17	42	58
18	42	58
19	41	59
20	41	59
21	41	59
22	41	59
23	40	60
24	40	60
25	40	60
26	39	61
27	39	61
28	39	61
29	38	62
30	37	63
31	37	63

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Sakaki gets around 123 mm of rain and snow over 13.9 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 44% and peaks near 47% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	40	40	40	40	40	41	42	42	43	44	45	46	46	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	46	46	45	45	44	44	44	45	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	40
3	40
4	40
5	40
6	41
7	42
8	42
9	43
10	44
11	45
12	46
13	46
14	47
15	47
16	47
17	47
18	47
19	47
20	47
21	47
22	47
23	46
24	46
25	45
26	45
27	44
28	44
29	44
30	45
31	45

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 95% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	99	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	96	95	95	95	95	94	94	94	93	93	93	92	92	91	91	90	89
Comfortable (%)	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	10	11

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	95	5
17	95	5
18	95	5
19	95	5
20	94	6
21	94	6
22	94	6
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	92	8
27	92	8
28	91	9
29	91	9
30	90	10
31	89	11

Wind in May

Winds average 6 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	5	calm
22	5	calm
23	5	calm
24	5	calm
25	5	calm
26	5	calm
27	5	calm
28	5	calm
29	5	calm
30	5	calm
31	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 30 min at the start of May to 14 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:00 AM to 4:36 AM, and sunset from 6:29 PM to 6:53 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.1	14.1	14.1	14.2	14.2	14.2	14.2	14.2	14.3	14.3
Sunrise (AM)	5:00	4:59	4:58	4:57	4:56	4:55	4:54	4:53	4:52	4:51	4:50	4:49	4:48	4:47	4:46	4:45	4:45	4:44	4:43	4:42	4:42	4:41	4:40	4:40	4:39	4:39	4:38	4:38	4:37	4:37	4:36
Sunset (PM)	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:53

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.5	5:00	6:29
2	13.5	4:59	6:29
3	13.5	4:58	6:30
4	13.6	4:57	6:31
5	13.6	4:56	6:32
6	13.6	4:55	6:33
7	13.7	4:54	6:34
8	13.7	4:53	6:35
9	13.7	4:52	6:36
10	13.8	4:51	6:36
11	13.8	4:50	6:37
12	13.8	4:49	6:38
13	13.8	4:48	6:39
14	13.9	4:47	6:40
15	13.9	4:46	6:41
16	13.9	4:45	6:42
17	14.0	4:45	6:42
18	14.0	4:44	6:43
19	14.0	4:43	6:44
20	14.0	4:42	6:45
21	14.1	4:42	6:46
22	14.1	4:41	6:46
23	14.1	4:40	6:47
24	14.1	4:40	6:48
25	14.2	4:39	6:49
26	14.2	4:39	6:50
27	14.2	4:38	6:50
28	14.2	4:38	6:51
29	14.2	4:37	6:52
30	14.3	4:37	6:52
31	14.3	4:36	6:53

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.72 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.33 kWh/m² to a high of 5.72 kWh/m² in May across the year — May's 5.72 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.7	Bright
2	5.7	Bright
3	5.7	Bright
4	5.7	Bright
5	5.7	Bright
6	5.7	Bright
7	5.7	Bright
8	5.7	Bright
9	5.7	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.7	Bright
12	5.7	Bright
13	5.7	Bright
14	5.7	Bright
15	5.7	Bright
16	5.7	Bright
17	5.7	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.8	Bright
21	5.8	Bright
22	5.8	Bright
23	5.8	Bright
24	5.8	Bright
25	5.8	Bright
26	5.8	Bright
27	5.8	Bright
28	5.8	Bright
29	5.8	Bright
30	5.7	Bright
31	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Sakaki?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.7

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

3.0

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Sakaki for sightseeing.

What to pack for Sakaki in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Sakaki sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Sakaki in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Sakaki peaks around July 20 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	5	6	7	9	10	10	10	9	6	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	5	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	7	Very high
May	9	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Air quality in Sakaki in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Sakaki is worst in April — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (December, 10 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	11	14	20	21	20	18	15	13	12	11	11	10
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	11	Good
Feb	14	Moderate
Mar	20	Moderate
Apr	21	Moderate
May	20	Moderate
Jun	18	Moderate
Jul	15	Moderate
Aug	13	Moderate
Sep	12	Good
Oct	11	Good
Nov	11	Good
Dec	10	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Sakaki?

Sakaki sits at 36.5°N, 138.2°E, 416 m above sea level, in Japan. The nearest listed city is Chikuma, 11 km away.

Topography around Sakaki

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Sakaki.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sakaki has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 716 m around an average of 573 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,306 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,130 m.

The land around Sakaki is covered by trees (57%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, trees (71%) within 16 km, and trees (83%) within 80 km.

3 km

716 m

trees 57%

16 km

1,306 m

trees 71%

80 km

3,130 m

trees 83%

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← April Sakaki year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Chikuma 11 km · Ueda 11 km · Kamimaruko 18 km · Tōmi 20 km · Nagano 20 km · Suzaka 24 km · Komoro 28 km · Ōmachi 29 km

Japan travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type A / B; 100 V · 50 / 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 65% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $35,951; 2025
Happiness: 6.1 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 99%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.2; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 3.6; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 446
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Sakaki (36.4667°, 138.1833°, elevation 416 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	7
2	18	7
3	18	7
4	19	7
5	19	7
6	19	8
7	19	8
8	19	8
9	19	8
10	19	8
11	20	9
12	20	9
13	20	9
14	20	9
15	20	9
16	20	9
17	20	10
18	20	10
19	21	10
20	21	10
21	21	10
22	21	10
23	21	11
24	21	11
25	21	11
26	21	11
27	21	11
28	22	11
29	22	11
30	22	12
31	22	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	46	54
5	46	54
6	45	55
7	44	56
8	43	57
9	43	57
10	43	57
11	42	58
12	42	58
13	41	59
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	42	58
17	42	58
18	42	58
19	41	59
20	41	59
21	41	59
22	41	59
23	40	60
24	40	60
25	40	60
26	39	61
27	39	61
28	39	61
29	38	62
30	37	63
31	37	63

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	40
3	40
4	40
5	40
6	41
7	42
8	42
9	43
10	44
11	45
12	46
13	46
14	47
15	47
16	47
17	47
18	47
19	47
20	47
21	47
22	47
23	46
24	46
25	45
26	45
27	44
28	44
29	44
30	45
31	45

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	95	5
17	95	5
18	95	5
19	95	5
20	94	6
21	94	6
22	94	6
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	92	8
27	92	8
28	91	9
29	91	9
30	90	10
31	89	11

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	7
2	18	7
3	18	7
4	19	7
5	19	7
6	19	8
7	19	8
8	19	8
9	19	8
10	19	8
11	20	9
12	20	9
13	20	9
14	20	9
15	20	9
16	20	9
17	20	10
18	20	10
19	21	10
20	21	10
21	21	10
22	21	10
23	21	11
24	21	11
25	21	11
26	21	11
27	21	11
28	22	11
29	22	11
30	22	12
31	22	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	46	54
5	46	54
6	45	55
7	44	56
8	43	57
9	43	57
10	43	57
11	42	58
12	42	58
13	41	59
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	42	58
17	42	58
18	42	58
19	41	59
20	41	59
21	41	59
22	41	59
23	40	60
24	40	60
25	40	60
26	39	61
27	39	61
28	39	61
29	38	62
30	37	63
31	37	63

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	40
3	40
4	40
5	40
6	41
7	42
8	42
9	43
10	44
11	45
12	46
13	46
14	47
15	47
16	47
17	47
18	47
19	47
20	47
21	47
22	47
23	46
24	46
25	45
26	45
27	44
28	44
29	44
30	45
31	45

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	95	5
17	95	5
18	95	5
19	95	5
20	94	6
21	94	6
22	94	6
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	92	8
27	92	8
28	91	9
29	91	9
30	90	10
31	89	11

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	7
2	18	7
3	18	7
4	19	7
5	19	7
6	19	8
7	19	8
8	19	8
9	19	8
10	19	8
11	20	9
12	20	9
13	20	9
14	20	9
15	20	9
16	20	9
17	20	10
18	20	10
19	21	10
20	21	10
21	21	10
22	21	10
23	21	11
24	21	11
25	21	11
26	21	11
27	21	11
28	22	11
29	22	11
30	22	12
31	22	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	46	54
5	46	54
6	45	55
7	44	56
8	43	57
9	43	57
10	43	57
11	42	58
12	42	58
13	41	59
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	42	58
17	42	58
18	42	58
19	41	59
20	41	59
21	41	59
22	41	59
23	40	60
24	40	60
25	40	60
26	39	61
27	39	61
28	39	61
29	38	62
30	37	63
31	37	63

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	40
3	40
4	40
5	40
6	41
7	42
8	42
9	43
10	44
11	45
12	46
13	46
14	47
15	47
16	47
17	47
18	47
19	47
20	47
21	47
22	47
23	46
24	46
25	45
26	45
27	44
28	44
29	44
30	45
31	45

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	95	5
17	95	5
18	95	5
19	95	5
20	94	6
21	94	6
22	94	6
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	92	8
27	92	8
28	91	9
29	91	9
30	90	10
31	89	11