Climate averages 1991–2020
Tottori-shi weather
in April.
A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Tottori-shi: daytime highs average 16.2°C and nights cool to about 8.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 114 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a wet month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 04 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Toyooka (53 km away). In April its highs average 17.3°C, 1.0°C warmer than Tottori-shi, with 122 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Tottori-shi ranks joint 222nd of 303 for the warmest April highs and joint 87th of 303 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 303 cities is 16.7°C; Tottori-shi is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 20.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 114 mm to 136 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
Tottori-shi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.2°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 147 | 22.0 | 10.110 h |
| February | 7.7°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 114 | 17.5 | 10.911 h |
| March | 11.1°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 133 | 15.7 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 16.2°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 114 | 11.8 | 13.113 h |
| May | 20.8°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 136 | 11.7 | 14.014 h |
| June | 24.1°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 165 | 13.9 | 14.515 h |
| July | 27.7°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 197 | 15.8 | 14.314 h |
| August | 29.2°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 147 | 13.8 | 13.513 h |
| September | 25.1°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 223 | 15.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.1°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 139 | 12.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.2°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 116 | 14.7 | 10.310 h |
| December | 10.0°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 152 | 19.7 | 9.810 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
- Toyooka in AprilJapan · 53 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 7.3°C · 122 mm rain
- Tsuyama in AprilJapan · 54 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 7.6°C · 120 mm rain
- Tatsuno in AprilJapan · 79 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 9.2°C · 131 mm rain
- Yonago in AprilJapan · 82 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 9.1°C · 110 mm rain
- Fukuchiyama in AprilJapan · 83 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 7.3°C · 125 mm rain
- Himeji in AprilJapan · 87 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 8.9°C · 127 mm rain
- Kakogawachō-honmachi in AprilJapan · 98 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 9.2°C · 127 mm rain
- Okayama in AprilJapan · 98 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 9.0°C · 108 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 Tottori-shi) is explained once on the Tottori-shi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.