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Taketomi Island in May

Warm and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Taketomi Island is warm: highs near 83°F, lows near 76°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, and the days lengthen by 26 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Taketomi Island is warm: highs near 28°C, lows near 24°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, and the days lengthen by 26 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
83°F28°Caverage
Low
76°F24°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 53% of days
Daylight
13h 19mon average

Is May a good time to visit Taketomi Island?

A good month, just outside Taketomi Island's best months, which run from January to April.

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 83°F in May, against 72°F to 88°F through the year.Highs near 28°C in May, against 22°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

53% of days in May, against 46% to 65% through the year.

Cloud cover

68% cover in May, against 45% to 79% through the year.

Daylight

13h 19m in May, against 10h 39m to 13h 37m 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.

Either side

  1. April78°26°low 71°low 22°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. May83°28°low 76°low 24°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. June86°30°low 80°low 27°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Taketomi Island sits, in May

Asia/Tokyo
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
6:01 AMsets 7:19 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
24.3°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Miyakojima132 km north-east

The land around Taketomi Island, 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
See May on the planning mapThe whole year in Taketomi Island

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 14 km north-east of Taketomi Island. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. 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.