Climate · Sapporo

Sapporo in May

Mild and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Sapporo is mild: highs near 63°F, lows near 44°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 57 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Sapporo is mild: highs near 17°C, lows near 7°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 57 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
63°F17°Caverage
Low
44°F7°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 41% of days
Daylight
14h 39mon average

Is May a good time to visit Sapporo?


May sits outside Sapporo'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 63°F in May, against 29°F to 79°F through the year.Highs near 17°C in May, against -2°C to 26°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

41% of days in May, against 38% to 62% through the year.

Cloud cover

56% cover in May, against 43% to 75% through the year.

Daylight

14h 39m in May, against 9h 03m to 15h 19m 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. April51°11°low 32°low 0°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. May63°17°low 44°low 7°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. June71°22°low 54°low 12°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Sapporo sits, in May

Asia/Tokyo

this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
4:12 AMsets 6:49 PM
Above the sea
30 mlow-lying
Latitude
43.1°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Kiroro30 km west

The land around Sapporo, 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 Sapporo. 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.