Climate averages 1991–2020
Takayama 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 Takayama: daytime highs average 2.4°C and nights cool to about -5.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 135 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes February a wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 51 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Azumino (60 km away). In February its highs average 2.9°C, about as warm as Takayama, with 100 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Takayama ranks 280th of 303 for the warmest February highs and 288th of 303 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 303 cities is 7.9°C; Takayama is 5.5°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 6.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 135 mm to 172 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Azumino in FebruaryJapan · 60 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -5.8°C · 100 mm rain
- Toyama in FebruaryJapan · 63 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -3.4°C · 167 mm rain
- Matsumoto in FebruaryJapan · 65 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -5.7°C · 100 mm rain
- Imizu in FebruaryJapan · 71 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -2.7°C · 167 mm rain
- Takaoka in FebruaryJapan · 72 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -2.2°C · 130 mm rain
- Matsutō in FebruaryJapan · 75 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -1.8°C · 149 mm rain
- Nakatsugawa in FebruaryJapan · 76 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -3.6°C · 108 mm rain
- Kanazawa in FebruaryJapan · 77 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -2.4°C · 149 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.