Climate averages 1991–2020
Shibata weather
in April.
A cool, wet month: the 7th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Shibata: daytime highs average 14.7°C and nights cool to about 4.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 115 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes April a wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 09 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Niigata (26 km away). In April its highs average 14.1°C, 0.6°C cooler than Shibata, with 90 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Shibata ranks 262nd of 303 for the warmest April highs and joint 101st of 303 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 303 cities is 16.7°C; Shibata is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 20.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 115 mm to 123 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
Shibata climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.1°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 217 | 26.8 | 9.910 h |
| February | 3.8°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 149 | 21.6 | 10.811 h |
| March | 7.9°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 145 | 20.4 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 14.7°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 115 | 14.7 | 13.213 h |
| May | 20.3°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 123 | 13.2 | 14.214 h |
| June | 23.9°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 155 | 13.5 | 14.715 h |
| July | 27.1°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 274 | 18.0 | 14.515 h |
| August | 28.6°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 194 | 15.5 | 13.614 h |
| September | 24.8°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 160 | 15.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 18.9°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 170 | 16.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 12.8°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 191 | 19.7 | 10.210 h |
| December | 6.4°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 233 | 25.0 | 9.610 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
- Niigata in AprilJapan · 26 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 6.0°C · 90 mm rain
- Tsubame in AprilJapan · 48 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.5°C · 91 mm rain
- Sanjō in AprilJapan · 50 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 4.9°C · 116 mm rain
- Yonezawa in AprilJapan · 69 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 3.2°C · 115 mm rain
- Nagaoka in AprilJapan · 70 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 4.8°C · 94 mm rain
- Aizu-Wakamatsu in AprilJapan · 74 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 3.8°C · 95 mm rain
- Kashiwazaki in AprilJapan · 95 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 5.4°C · 104 mm rain
- Yamagata in AprilJapan · 96 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 2.0°C · 94 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 Shibata) is explained once on the Shibata year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.