Climate averages 1991–2020
Takaoka weather
in July.
A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Takaoka: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 272 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes July a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 25 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Imizu (10 km away). In July its highs average 27.6°C, about as warm as Takaoka, with 273 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Takaoka ranks joint 179th of 303 for the warmest July highs and 254th of 303 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 303 cities is 27.9°C; Takaoka is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 272 mm to 199 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Imizu in JulyJapan · 10 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 273 mm rain
- Toyama in JulyJapan · 19 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.0°C · 273 mm rain
- Kanazawa in JulyJapan · 39 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.1°C · 215 mm rain
- Matsutō in JulyJapan · 48 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.5°C · 215 mm rain
- Komatsu in JulyJapan · 64 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 22.1°C · 215 mm rain
- Takayama in JulyJapan · 72 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 18.4°C · 278 mm rain
- Azumino in JulyJapan · 93 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.2°C · 246 mm rain
- Matsumoto in JulyJapan · 103 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 19.0°C · 246 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.