Climate averages 1991–2020
Takamatsu weather
in April.
A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Takamatsu: daytime highs average 17.1°C and nights cool to about 10.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 113 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 01 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marugame (25 km away). In April its highs average 17.0°C, about as warm as Takamatsu, with 110 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Takamatsu ranks joint 185th of 303 for the warmest April highs and joint 77th of 303 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 303 cities is 16.7°C; Takamatsu is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 21.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 113 mm to 133 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
Takamatsu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.3°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 62 | 10.1 | 10.110 h |
| February | 9.2°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 67 | 9.9 | 10.911 h |
| March | 12.4°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 104 | 11.7 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 17.1°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 113 | 10.8 | 13.013 h |
| May | 21.3°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 133 | 10.4 | 13.914 h |
| June | 24.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 202 | 13.7 | 14.414 h |
| July | 28.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 189 | 13.9 | 14.214 h |
| August | 29.3°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 121 | 11.2 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 184 | 12.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.9°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 146 | 9.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | 15.8°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 71 | 8.6 | 10.410 h |
| December | 10.7°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 67 | 10.5 | 9.910 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
- Marugame in AprilJapan · 25 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 10.2°C · 110 mm rain
- Okayama in AprilJapan · 37 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 9.0°C · 108 mm rain
- Kurashiki in AprilJapan · 38 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 9.7°C · 115 mm rain
- Tokushima in AprilJapan · 56 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 10.2°C · 151 mm rain
- Shikokuchūō in AprilJapan · 61 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 10.2°C · 142 mm rain
- Fukuyama in AprilJapan · 65 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 9.2°C · 107 mm rain
- Tatsuno in AprilJapan · 72 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 9.2°C · 131 mm rain
- Anan in AprilJapan · 72 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 12.0°C · 137 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 Takamatsu) is explained once on the Takamatsu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.