Climate averages 1991–2020
Nakatsu 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.
April is a mild month in Nakatsu: daytime highs average 18.9°C and nights cool to about 9.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 125 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 00 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yukuhashi (24 km away). In April its highs average 18.3°C, 0.6°C cooler than Nakatsu, with 138 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Nakatsu ranks joint 21st of 303 for the warmest April highs and joint 160th of 303 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 303 cities is 16.7°C; Nakatsu is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 23.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 125 mm to 143 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Nakatsu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.7°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 61 | 8.4 | 10.210 h |
| February | 10.0°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 73 | 9.2 | 11.011 h |
| March | 13.7°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 112 | 11.5 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 18.9°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 125 | 10.7 | 13.013 h |
| May | 23.5°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 143 | 11.0 | 13.914 h |
| June | 26.3°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 282 | 15.4 | 14.314 h |
| July | 30.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 221 | 16.1 | 14.114 h |
| August | 30.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 144 | 14.5 | 13.413 h |
| September | 27.1°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 167 | 13.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.0°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 111 | 8.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.6°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 75 | 8.0 | 10.510 h |
| December | 11.0°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 61 | 8.5 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Yukuhashi in AprilJapan · 24 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 9.8°C · 138 mm rain
- Ube in AprilJapan · 39 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 10.4°C · 147 mm rain
- Kitakyushu in AprilJapan · 42 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 10.1°C · 120 mm rain
- Beppu in AprilJapan · 46 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 9.7°C · 115 mm rain
- Iizuka in AprilJapan · 47 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 9.2°C · 120 mm rain
- Ōita in AprilJapan · 56 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 9.8°C · 115 mm rain
- Tsurusaki in AprilJapan · 61 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 10.3°C · 137 mm rain
- Hōfu in AprilJapan · 61 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 9.4°C · 141 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 Nakatsu) is explained once on the Nakatsu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.