Climate averages 1991–2020
Takaoka weather
in January.
A cold, wet month: the coolest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Takaoka: daytime highs average 4.4°C and nights cool to about -2.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 170 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes January a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 57 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Imizu (10 km away). In January its highs average 4.0°C, about as warm as Takaoka, with 211 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Takaoka ranks 250th of 303 for the warmest January highs and 283rd of 303 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 303 cities is 7.0°C; Takaoka is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 5.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 170 mm to 130 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Imizu in JanuaryJapan · 10 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -2.6°C · 211 mm rain
- Toyama in JanuaryJapan · 19 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -3.4°C · 211 mm rain
- Kanazawa in JanuaryJapan · 39 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -2.3°C · 218 mm rain
- Matsutō in JanuaryJapan · 48 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -1.7°C · 218 mm rain
- Komatsu in JanuaryJapan · 64 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -0.1°C · 218 mm rain
- Takayama in JanuaryJapan · 72 kmHigh 1.4°C · Low -6.3°C · 155 mm precipitation
- Azumino in JanuaryJapan · 93 kmHigh 1.6°C · Low -6.7°C · 106 mm precipitation
- Matsumoto in JanuaryJapan · 103 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -6.5°C · 106 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.