Climate averages 1991–2020
Tanabe weather
in April.
A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Tanabe: daytime highs average 18.3°C and nights cool to about 11.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 158 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 00 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Minato (57 km away). In April its highs average 17.3°C, 0.9°C cooler than Tanabe, with 126 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Tanabe ranks joint 39th 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; Tanabe is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 22.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 158 mm to 176 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Tanabe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.0°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 95 | 11.7 | 10.210 h |
| February | 10.8°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 106 | 11.3 | 11.011 h |
| March | 14.0°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 151 | 12.3 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 18.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 158 | 11.1 | 13.013 h |
| May | 22.1°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 176 | 11.0 | 13.914 h |
| June | 24.9°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 293 | 15.4 | 14.414 h |
| July | 28.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 246 | 14.4 | 14.214 h |
| August | 29.6°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 146 | 13.3 | 13.413 h |
| September | 27.1°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 215 | 13.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.5°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 217 | 11.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 17.6°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 127 | 8.8 | 10.410 h |
| December | 12.5°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 97 | 10.1 | 10.010 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Minato in AprilJapan · 57 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 10.0°C · 126 mm rain
- Anan in AprilJapan · 69 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 12.0°C · 137 mm rain
- Izumisano in AprilJapan · 76 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.7°C · 113 mm rain
- Kawachi-Nagano in AprilJapan · 81 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 7.5°C · 114 mm rain
- Kishiwada in AprilJapan · 82 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 7.9°C · 113 mm rain
- Tokushima in AprilJapan · 83 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 10.2°C · 151 mm rain
- Tondabayashichō in AprilJapan · 88 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 7.5°C · 114 mm rain
- Kashiba in AprilJapan · 95 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 7.4°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 Tanabe) is explained once on the Tanabe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.