Climate averages 1991–2020
Hirosaki weather
in April.
A cool, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Hirosaki: daytime highs average 12.0°C and nights cool to about 1.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 98 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes April a wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 16 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aomori (33 km away). In April its highs average 12.4°C, about as warm as Hirosaki, with 86 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Hirosaki ranks 288th of 303 for the warmest April highs and joint 29th of 303 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 303 cities is 16.7°C; Hirosaki is 4.7°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.7°C to 18.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 98 mm to 104 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Hirosaki climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.3°C-6.6°C | -6.6°C | 82 | 17.0 | 9.610 h |
| February | 0.7°C-6.1°C | -6.1°C | 81 | 15.7 | 10.611 h |
| March | 4.4°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 101 | 16.7 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 12.0°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 98 | 13.7 | 13.313 h |
| May | 18.7°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 104 | 13.1 | 14.414 h |
| June | 22.7°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 109 | 13.1 | 15.015 h |
| July | 25.6°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 163 | 16.4 | 14.815 h |
| August | 26.7°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 176 | 16.0 | 13.814 h |
| September | 22.7°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 154 | 14.2 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.4°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 129 | 13.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 9.2°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 112 | 16.2 | 10.010 h |
| December | 2.3°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 106 | 18.0 | 9.39 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Aomori in AprilJapan · 33 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 2.7°C · 86 mm rain
- Hachinohe in AprilJapan · 87 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 3.6°C · 78 mm rain
- Akita in AprilJapan · 102 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 4.7°C · 111 mm rain
- Morioka in AprilJapan · 115 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 1.9°C · 92 mm rain
- Daisen in AprilJapan · 128 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 2.9°C · 112 mm rain
- Hakodate in AprilJapan · 133 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 2.4°C · 83 mm rain
- Yurihonjō in AprilJapan · 138 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 4.8°C · 111 mm rain
- Yokote in AprilJapan · 142 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 2.7°C · 115 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Hirosaki) is explained once on the Hirosaki year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.