Climate averages 1991–2020
Takayama weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Takayama: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 179 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes August a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 32 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Azumino (60 km away). In August its highs average 28.3°C, 1.5°C warmer than Takayama, with 155 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Takayama ranks 279th of 303 for the warmest August highs and joint 252nd of 303 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 303 cities is 29.2°C; Takayama is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.7°C to 23.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 179 mm to 216 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Azumino in AugustJapan · 60 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.3°C · 155 mm rain
- Toyama in AugustJapan · 63 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.0°C · 178 mm rain
- Matsumoto in AugustJapan · 65 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 155 mm rain
- Imizu in AugustJapan · 71 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.7°C · 178 mm rain
- Takaoka in AugustJapan · 72 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.2°C · 199 mm rain
- Matsutō in AugustJapan · 75 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 145 mm rain
- Nakatsugawa in AugustJapan · 76 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 198 mm rain
- Kanazawa in AugustJapan · 77 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 145 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.