Climate averages 1991–2020
Takayama weather
in April.
A cool, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Takayama: daytime highs average 12.7°C and nights cool to about 2.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 158 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes April a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 05 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Azumino (60 km away). In April its highs average 13.8°C, 1.0°C warmer than Takayama, with 138 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Takayama ranks joint 284th of 303 for the warmest April highs and joint 270th of 303 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 303 cities is 16.7°C; Takayama is 4.0°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.3°C to 19.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 158 mm to 163 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Takayama climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.4°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 155 | 21.5 | 10.010 h |
| February | 2.4°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 135 | 18.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 6.3°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 172 | 17.8 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 12.7°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 158 | 15.5 | 13.113 h |
| May | 19.0°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 163 | 14.8 | 14.114 h |
| June | 22.3°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 220 | 17.7 | 14.615 h |
| July | 25.5°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 278 | 21.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 26.8°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 179 | 18.8 | 13.514 h |
| September | 23.1°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 216 | 16.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 17.6°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 181 | 14.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 11.2°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 141 | 15.9 | 10.310 h |
| December | 4.5°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 159 | 20.6 | 9.810 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Azumino in AprilJapan · 60 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 3.5°C · 138 mm rain
- Toyama in AprilJapan · 63 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 4.5°C · 150 mm rain
- Matsumoto in AprilJapan · 65 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 3.6°C · 138 mm rain
- Imizu in AprilJapan · 71 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 5.2°C · 150 mm rain
- Takaoka in AprilJapan · 72 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 5.8°C · 137 mm rain
- Matsutō in AprilJapan · 75 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 6.5°C · 125 mm rain
- Nakatsugawa in AprilJapan · 76 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 5.5°C · 187 mm rain
- Kanazawa in AprilJapan · 77 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.8°C · 125 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 Takayama) is explained once on the Takayama year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.