Climate · Niseko

Niseko in May

Mild and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Niseko is mild: highs near 61°F, lows near 41°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 56 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Niseko is mild: highs near 16°C, lows near 5°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 56 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
61°F16°Caverage
Low
41°F5°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 44% of days
Daylight
14h 38mon average

Is May a good time to visit Niseko?


May sits outside Niseko's best months, which run from June to September. Expect mild days and rain on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 61°F in May, against 27°F to 78°F through the year.Highs near 16°C in May, against -3°C to 26°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

44% of days in May, against 41% to 75% through the year.

Cloud cover

59% cover in May, against 46% to 76% through the year.

Daylight

14h 38m in May, against 9h 05m to 15h 17m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with May shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

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  1. April47°8°low 29°low -2°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. May61°16°low 41°low 5°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. June69°21°low 51°low 11°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Niseko sits, in May

Asia/Tokyo

this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
4:15 AMsets 6:51 PM
Above the sea
325 mlow-lying
Latitude
42.8°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Kiroro39 km north-east

The land around Niseko, shaded by its typical high in May, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Japan in May

high · low · wet days

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Niseko. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.