January 11° · ☂ 4 February 12° · ☂ 8 March 15° · ☂ 8 April 20° · ☂ 9 ★ May24° · ☂ 9 June 27° · ☂ 14 July 31° · ☂ 12 August 32° · ☂ 9 September 29° · ☂ 10 ★ October24° · ☂ 7 November 18° · ☂ 6 December 13° · ☂ 5 Beppu in May:warm, Beppu, Japan · Records from 2006 to 2025. Not a forecast.
Mean high 24° Hottest day 32.2° (2016)
Mean low 15° Coldest night 7.3° (2021)
Rain days 9 days 4-14 by year
Rainfall 144mm Daylight 13.5 → 14.2 h
Beppu's 12 months i Best: May and October
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Trip types Sightseeing on foot Goodmild
Humidity 71% 2 muggy days
Clear days 5 days 14 overcast days
Mean wind 8 km/h Rarely windy
Sunrise / sunset (15th) 05:14 / 19:06 Daylight 13.5 → 14.2 h
Beppu in May Golden Week brings domestic travellers, and roads and inns are packed. After it ends the town is calmer and the hills green up, which is good for walking. Kyushu's rainy season usually starts in early June, so skies cloud over more easily toward the end of the month.
Daytime highs averaged 24°C, with nights at 15°C. Comfortably warm without being punishing. Out of 31 days, about 9 brought rain; the rest stayed dry. The driest year, 2013, had 4 rain days; the wettest, 2025, had 14.
Each rainy day brought about 16 mm, closer to downpours than drizzle.
Typhoons i 1 of the last 20 years had a tropical storm pass within 300 km this month.
Songda (2011), 211 km away tropical storm 1 2 3 4 1 5 6 6 7 10 8 12 9 4 10 11 12
Date by date i Sun
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May 1 Saturday 1 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 23° 13° May 1 rain on 30% of days 23° 13°
May 2 Sunday 2 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 22° 12° May 3 Monday 3 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 22° 12° May 4 Tuesday 4 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 23° 13° May 5 Wednesday 5 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 24° 13° May 6 Thursday 6 rain in 9 of 20 yrs 9/20 23° 14° May 7 Friday 7 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 23° 14° May 8 Saturday 8 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 23° 13° 2-8 rain on 27% of days 23° 13°
May 9 Sunday 9 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 23° 14° May 10 Monday 10 rain in 8 of 20 yrs 8/20 23° 14° May 11 Tuesday 11 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 24° 14° May 12 Wednesday 12 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 23° 14° May 13 Thursday 13 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 23° 14° May 14 Friday 14 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 24° 14° May 15 Saturday 15 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 24° 14° 9-15 rain on 28% of days 23° 14°
May 16 Sunday 16 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 24° 15° May 17 Monday 17 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 25° 16° May 18 Tuesday 18 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 25° 16° May 19 Wednesday 19 rain in 8 of 20 yrs 8/20 24° 16° May 20 Thursday 20 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 25° 16° May 21 Friday 21 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 25° 16° May 22 Saturday 22 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 25° 16° 16-22 rain on 26% of days 25° 16°
May 23 Sunday 23 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 25° 16° May 24 Monday 24 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 25° 16° May 25 Tuesday 25 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 26° 17° May 26 Wednesday 26 rain in 8 of 20 yrs 8/20 25° 17° May 27 Thursday 27 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 25° 17° May 28 Friday 28 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 25° 16° May 29 Saturday 29 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 26° 17° 23-29 rain on 31% of days 25° 17°
May 30 Sunday 30 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 26° 17° May 31 Monday 31 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 25° 17°
30-31 rain on 33% of days 25° 17°
May 1 rain on 30% of days 23° 13° 2-8 rain on 27% of days 23° 13° 9-15 rain on 28% of days 23° 14° 16-22 rain on 26% of days 25° 16° 23-29 rain on 31% of days 25° 17° 30-31 rain on 33% of days 25° 17°
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May 1 Monday 1 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 23° 13° May 2 Tuesday 2 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 22° 12° May 3 Wednesday 3 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 22° 12° May 4 Thursday 4 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 23° 13° May 5 Friday 5 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 24° 13° May 6 Saturday 6 rain in 9 of 20 yrs 9/20 23° 14° 1-6 rain on 30% of days 23° 13°
May 7 Sunday 7 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 23° 14° May 8 Monday 8 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 23° 13° May 9 Tuesday 9 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 23° 14° May 10 Wednesday 10 rain in 8 of 20 yrs 8/20 23° 14° May 11 Thursday 11 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 24° 14° May 12 Friday 12 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 23° 14° May 13 Saturday 13 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 23° 14° 7-13 rain on 29% of days 23° 14°
May 14 Sunday 14 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 24° 14° May 15 Monday 15 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 24° 14° May 16 Tuesday 16 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 24° 15° May 17 Wednesday 17 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 25° 16° May 18 Thursday 18 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 25° 16° May 19 Friday 19 rain in 8 of 20 yrs 8/20 24° 16° May 20 Saturday 20 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 25° 16° 14-20 rain on 26% of days 25° 15°
May 21 Sunday 21 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 25° 16° May 22 Monday 22 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 25° 16° May 23 Tuesday 23 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 25° 16° May 24 Wednesday 24 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 25° 16° May 25 Thursday 25 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 26° 17° May 26 Friday 26 rain in 8 of 20 yrs 8/20 25° 17° May 27 Saturday 27 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 25° 17° 21-27 rain on 27% of days 25° 16°
May 28 Sunday 28 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 25° 16° May 29 Monday 29 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 26° 17° May 30 Tuesday 30 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 26° 17° May 31 Wednesday 31 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 25° 17°
28-31 rain on 31% of days 25° 17°
1-6 rain on 30% of days 23° 13° 7-13 rain on 29% of days 23° 14° 14-20 rain on 26% of days 25° 15° 21-27 rain on 27% of days 25° 16° 28-31 rain on 31% of days 25° 17°
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2006 16mm
2007 28mm
2008 none
2009 none
2010 none
2011 none
2012 none
2013 none
2014 none
2015 2mm
2016 42mm
2017 none
2018 10mm
2019 none
2020 none
2021 none
2022 8mm
2023 34mm
2024 18mm
2025 12mm
Holidays in May (2027) April 29 to May 5 Golden WeekMay 3 Constitution Memorial DayMay 4 Greenery DayMay 5 Children's DayMay 31 Memorial Day 1 Local public holiday or break (busier, pricier)1 US holidays (flights fill up)
Day by day temperature i 11° 19° 26° 34° 1 8 15 22 29 31
Your trip dates, the past 20 years Trip dates May 1 (Sat) 2 (Sun) 3 (Mon) 4 (Tue) 5 (Wed) 6 (Thu) 7 (Fri) 8 (Sat) 9 (Sun) 10 (Mon) 11 (Tue) 12 (Wed) 13 (Thu) 14 (Fri) 15 (Sat) 16 (Sun) 17 (Mon) 18 (Tue) 19 (Wed) 20 (Thu) 21 (Fri) 22 (Sat) 23 (Sun) 24 (Mon) 25 (Tue) 26 (Wed) 27 (Thu) 28 (Fri) 29 (Sat) 30 (Sun) 31 (Mon) ~ May 1 (Sat) 2 (Sun) 3 (Mon) 4 (Tue) 5 (Wed) 6 (Thu) 7 (Fri) 8 (Sat) 9 (Sun) 10 (Mon) 11 (Tue) 12 (Wed) 13 (Thu) 14 (Fri) 15 (Sat) 16 (Sun) 17 (Mon) 18 (Tue) 19 (Wed) 20 (Thu) 21 (Fri) 22 (Sat) 23 (Sun) 24 (Mon) 25 (Tue) 26 (Wed) 27 (Thu) 28 (Fri) 29 (Sat) 30 (Sun) 31 (Mon) 1-7 8-14 15-21 22-end Whole month
You can also click two dates on the axis. Hover a cell to see that day's rain. By year Driest trips first
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
Trip rain days Month rain days Tap a date to start, tap another to end. Each cell is that date in one year. '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25
of 20 Dates outside your trip are dimmed.
One row per year, one cell per day. 2013 had 4 rain days, 2025 had 14.
Common questions Does it rain a lot in Beppu in May? Over the past 20 years May averaged 9 rain days (1 mm or more) out of 31. Individual years ran from 4 in the driest to 14 in the wettest.
What should I wear in Beppu in May? Days averaged 24°C and nights 15°C. Pack a compact umbrella, a light layer for the evenings, T-shirts, and sunscreen plus a hat.
Is May a good time to visit Beppu? On warmth and rain days alone, Beppu's easiest months were May and October. May ranked 2 of 12, close to the top.
How many clear days does Beppu get in May? About 5 clear days (under 30% cloud on average) and 14 overcast days (80% or more).
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