Shizunai-furukawachō weather in May

In May, Shizunai-furukawachō sees average daytime highs of 9°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 121 mm of rain across 11.4 wet days and about 14.4 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 7°C in the first days to 12°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 48 min at the start of May to 14 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Shizunai-furukawachō's 9th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Shizunai-furukawachō's year-round climate.

Daytime high
6th warmest
Overnight low
7th coldest
Rainfall
121 mm
11.4 wet days
Daylight
14 h 24 min
4:15 AM – 6:39 PM
Cloud cover
62%
9th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.41 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.0
out of 10

Shizunai-furukawachō is human settlement in Japan.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 7°C in the first days to 12°C by the end.

A typical May day in Shizunai-furukawachō reaches about 9°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 7°C and 12°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 4°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Shizunai-furukawachō

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Shizunai-furukawachō weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -3°6412.913.99.30.0
Feb / -3°479.910.810.30.0
Mar / -1°659.66.411.60.0
Apr / 8510.51.213.10.2
May / 12111.4014.42.0
Jun14° / 12°95100153.9
Jul18° / 17°15413.4014.85.2
Aug21° / 19°17113013.75.9
Sep20° / 18°15512.4012.35.8
Oct15° / 12°13012.9010.84.5
Nov / 10715.82.19.61.7
Dec / 9416.211.190.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% 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 56%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Shizunai-furukawachō gets around 121 mm of rain over 11.4 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 37% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days.

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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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Wind in May

Winds average 17 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 18 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
118light breeze
218light breeze
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418light breeze
518light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 48 min at the start of May to 14 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 60 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:33 AM to 4:03 AM, and sunset from 6:22 PM to 6:53 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.84:336:22
213.94:326:23
313.94:306:25
413.94:296:26
514.04:286:27
614.04:266:28
714.14:256:29
814.14:246:30
914.14:236:31
1014.24:226:32
1114.24:206:33
1214.34:196:34
1314.34:186:36
1414.34:176:37
1514.44:166:38
1614.44:156:39
1714.44:146:40
1814.54:136:41
1914.54:126:42
2014.54:116:43
2114.64:106:44
2214.64:096:45
2314.64:086:46
2414.74:086:47
2514.74:076:48
2614.74:066:49
2714.74:056:50
2814.84:056:50
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.41 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.65 kWh/m² to a high of 5.41 kWh/m² in May across the year — May's 5.41 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Shizunai-furukawachō

In seasonPeak

In May, Shizunai-furukawachō sits inside its pacific typhoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Shizunai-furukawachō sits in the Pacific typhoon belt; the season peaks July–October.

Pacific typhoon
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Is May a good time to visit Shizunai-furukawachō?

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

2.0
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Shizunai-furukawachō.

What to pack for Shizunai-furukawachō in May

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

In May, Shizunai-furukawachō sees daytime highs around 9°C and nights near 7°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Shizunai-furukawachō in May

The nearest coast averages about 8°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 20°C and coldest in March near 3°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarm
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan6Bracing
Feb3Bracing
Mar3Bracing
Apr5Bracing
May8Bracing
Jun12Bracing
Jul17Cool
Aug20Cool
Sep20Cool
Oct17Cool
Nov13Bracing
Dec10Bracing

UV index in Shizunai-furukawachō in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Shizunai-furukawachō peaks around August 18 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar3Moderate
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun7High
Jul5Moderate
Aug9Very high
Sep6High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Shizunai-furukawachō 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 Shizunai-furukawachō is worst in April — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.4× the cleanest month (December, 7 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodApr 1216 µg/m³Dec 177 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb11Good
Mar15Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun9Good
Jul8Good
Aug8Good
Sep8Good
Oct9Good
Nov8Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Shizunai-furukawachō?

Shizunai-furukawachō sits at 42.3°N, 142.4°E, 4 m above sea level, in Japan. The nearest listed city is Tomakomai, 71 km away.

Topography around Shizunai-furukawachō

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Shizunai-furukawachō has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 146 m around an average of 26 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 709 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,014 m.

The land around Shizunai-furukawachō is covered by water (43%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, water (51%) and trees (34%) within 16 km, and trees (55%) and water (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
146 m
16 km
709 m
80 km
2,014 m
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May weather nearby: Tomakomai 71 km · Chitose 80 km · Memuro-minami 84 km · Shiraoi 87 km · Eniwa 90 km · Obihiro 94 km · Kitahiroshima 97 km · Noboribetsu 98 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
Shintoism 49%Buddhism 46%other 4%Christianity 1%

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 Shizunai-furukawachō (42.3339°, 142.3669°, elevation 4 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).