Climate averages 1991–2020
Takayama weather
in July.
A warm, 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 warm month in Takayama: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 278 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes July a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 21 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Azumino (60 km away). In July its highs average 27.2°C, 1.6°C warmer than Takayama, with 246 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Takayama ranks joint 281st of 303 for the warmest July highs and joint 264th of 303 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 303 cities is 27.9°C; Takayama is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 278 mm to 179 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Azumino in JulyJapan · 60 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.2°C · 246 mm rain
- Toyama in JulyJapan · 63 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.0°C · 273 mm rain
- Matsumoto in JulyJapan · 65 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 19.0°C · 246 mm rain
- Imizu in JulyJapan · 71 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 273 mm rain
- Takaoka in JulyJapan · 72 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.9°C · 272 mm rain
- Matsutō in JulyJapan · 75 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.5°C · 215 mm rain
- Nakatsugawa in JulyJapan · 76 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.5°C · 335 mm rain
- Kanazawa in JulyJapan · 77 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.1°C · 215 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.