Climate averages 1991–2020
Takaoka weather
in February.
A cold, wet month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Takaoka: daytime highs average 5.1°C and nights cool to about -2.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 130 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes February a wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 49 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Imizu (10 km away). In February its highs average 4.7°C, about as warm as Takaoka, with 167 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Takaoka ranks 251st of 303 for the warmest February highs and 285th of 303 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 303 cities is 7.9°C; Takaoka is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 9.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 130 mm to 158 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Imizu in FebruaryJapan · 10 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -2.7°C · 167 mm rain
- Toyama in FebruaryJapan · 19 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -3.4°C · 167 mm rain
- Kanazawa in FebruaryJapan · 39 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -2.4°C · 149 mm rain
- Matsutō in FebruaryJapan · 48 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -1.8°C · 149 mm rain
- Komatsu in FebruaryJapan · 64 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -0.3°C · 149 mm rain
- Takayama in FebruaryJapan · 72 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -5.7°C · 135 mm rain
- Azumino in FebruaryJapan · 93 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -5.8°C · 100 mm rain
- Matsumoto in FebruaryJapan · 103 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -5.7°C · 100 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.