Climate averages 1991–2020
Takaoka weather
in April.
A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Takaoka: daytime highs average 15.8°C and nights cool to about 5.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 137 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes April a wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 07 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Imizu (10 km away). In April its highs average 15.6°C, about as warm as Takaoka, with 150 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Takaoka ranks joint 240th of 303 for the warmest April highs and joint 209th of 303 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 303 cities is 16.7°C; Takaoka is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.2°C to 21.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 137 mm to 144 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
Takaoka climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.4°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 170 | 23.4 | 10.010 h |
| February | 5.1°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 130 | 19.0 | 10.811 h |
| March | 9.8°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 158 | 18.3 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 15.8°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 137 | 14.5 | 13.113 h |
| May | 21.0°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 144 | 13.4 | 14.114 h |
| June | 24.6°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 188 | 14.5 | 14.615 h |
| July | 28.0°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 272 | 18.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 29.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 199 | 15.7 | 13.614 h |
| September | 25.0°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 236 | 16.1 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.4°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 174 | 14.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.6°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 159 | 17.6 | 10.210 h |
| December | 7.6°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 183 | 22.5 | 9.710 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
- Imizu in AprilJapan · 10 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 5.2°C · 150 mm rain
- Toyama in AprilJapan · 19 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 4.5°C · 150 mm rain
- Kanazawa in AprilJapan · 39 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.8°C · 125 mm rain
- Matsutō in AprilJapan · 48 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 6.5°C · 125 mm rain
- Komatsu in AprilJapan · 64 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 7.6°C · 125 mm rain
- Takayama in AprilJapan · 72 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 2.9°C · 158 mm rain
- Azumino in AprilJapan · 93 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 3.5°C · 138 mm rain
- Matsumoto in AprilJapan · 103 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 3.6°C · 138 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 Takaoka) is explained once on the Takaoka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.