Climate averages 1991–2020
Takayama weather
in October.
A mild, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Takayama: daytime highs average 17.6°C and nights cool to about 8.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 181 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 18 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Azumino (60 km away). In October its highs average 18.4°C, 0.8°C warmer than Takayama, with 193 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Takayama ranks joint 275th of 303 for the warmest October highs and 176th of 303 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 303 cities is 20.4°C; Takayama is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.4°C to 11.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 181 mm to 141 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Azumino in OctoberJapan · 60 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 9.5°C · 193 mm rain
- Toyama in OctoberJapan · 63 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 10.8°C · 180 mm rain
- Matsumoto in OctoberJapan · 65 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 9.6°C · 193 mm rain
- Imizu in OctoberJapan · 71 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 11.7°C · 180 mm rain
- Takaoka in OctoberJapan · 72 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 12.1°C · 174 mm rain
- Matsutō in OctoberJapan · 75 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 12.4°C · 159 mm rain
- Nakatsugawa in OctoberJapan · 76 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 11.6°C · 205 mm rain
- Kanazawa in OctoberJapan · 77 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 11.7°C · 159 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.