Climate averages 1991–2020

Miyazaki weather
in April.

A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 19.5°C Daytime mean, April
Average low 12.7°C Night-time mean, April
Rainfall 175 mm 12 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Miyazaki · average highYear overview

April is a mild month in Miyazaki: daytime highs average 19.5°C and nights cool to about 12.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 175 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 56 min on an average April day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Miyakonojō (39 km away). In April its highs average 19.9°C, about as warm as Miyazaki, with 182 mm of rain.

Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Miyazaki ranks joint 9th of 303 for the warmest April highs and 283rd of 303 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 303 cities is 16.7°C; Miyazaki is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.

From April to May, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 22.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 175 mm to 200 mm.

The annual picture

April in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 05101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 4000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Miyazaki climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Miyazaki, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 11.6°C5.3°C5.3°C787.010.310 h
February 12.7°C6.0°C6.0°C1008.211.011 h
March 15.6°C8.8°C8.8°C15412.212.012 h
April, selected 19.5°C12.7°C12.7°C17511.712.913 h
May 22.8°C16.8°C16.8°C20012.613.814 h
June 25.2°C20.5°C20.5°C38717.614.214 h
July 28.8°C24.3°C24.3°C22414.114.014 h
August 29.4°C24.9°C24.9°C20915.613.313 h
September 27.0°C22.5°C22.5°C26815.412.412 h
October 22.9°C17.9°C17.9°C17410.511.411 h
November 18.4°C12.6°C12.6°C1088.410.611 h
December 13.6°C7.4°C7.4°C806.310.110 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

April in nearby cities

Distance from Miyazaki

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Miyazaki) is explained once on the Miyazaki year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.