Climate averages 1991–2020
Matsuyama weather
in July.
A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Matsuyama: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 239 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 10 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shinagawa (32 km away). In July its highs average 29.1°C, 0.6°C cooler than Matsuyama, with 279 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Matsuyama ranks joint 8th of 303 for the warmest July highs and joint 211th of 303 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 303 cities is 27.9°C; Matsuyama is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 239 mm to 156 mm.
The annual picture
July in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Matsuyama climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.8°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 69 | 11.4 | 10.210 h |
| February | 10.0°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 82 | 10.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 13.6°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 118 | 12.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 18.7°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 133 | 11.0 | 13.013 h |
| May | 23.1°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 154 | 11.1 | 13.914 h |
| June | 26.1°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 268 | 15.7 | 14.414 h |
| July, selected | 29.7°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 239 | 16.8 | 14.214 h |
| August | 30.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 156 | 15.8 | 13.413 h |
| September | 27.3°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 187 | 13.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.1°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 141 | 9.4 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.8°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 83 | 9.1 | 10.410 h |
| December | 11.3°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 83 | 11.4 | 10.010 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
July in nearby cities
- Shinagawa in JulyJapan · 32 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 279 mm rain
- Imabari in JulyJapan · 34 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 225 mm rain
- Saijō in JulyJapan · 40 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.4°C · 228 mm rain
- Kure in JulyJapan · 47 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 220 mm rain
- Niihama in JulyJapan · 52 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 228 mm rain
- Iwakuni in JulyJapan · 62 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 255 mm rain
- Higashihiroshima in JulyJapan · 63 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.1°C · 225 mm rain
- Hiroshima in JulyJapan · 69 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 251 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 Matsuyama) is explained once on the Matsuyama year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.