Climate averages 1991–2020

Tsurusaki weather
in April.

A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 18.2°C Daytime mean, April
Average low 10.3°C Night-time mean, April
Rainfall 137 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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April is a mild month in Tsurusaki: daytime highs average 18.2°C and nights cool to about 10.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 137 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 59 min on an average April day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Ōita (9 km away). In April its highs average 18.9°C, 0.7°C warmer than Tsurusaki, with 115 mm of rain.

Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Tsurusaki ranks joint 47th of 303 for the warmest April highs and joint 209th of 303 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 303 cities is 16.7°C; Tsurusaki is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.

From April to May, average highs rise by 4.0°C to 22.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 137 mm to 153 mm.

The annual picture

April in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 05101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Tsurusaki climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Tsurusaki, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 9.3°C3.8°C3.8°C637.510.210 h
February 10.4°C4.0°C4.0°C768.511.011 h
March 13.6°C6.2°C6.2°C11910.912.012 h
April, selected 18.2°C10.3°C10.3°C13710.413.013 h
May 22.2°C15.1°C15.1°C15311.013.914 h
June 24.9°C19.5°C19.5°C29215.414.314 h
July 28.8°C23.6°C23.6°C19014.014.114 h
August 29.5°C24.5°C24.5°C14612.513.413 h
September 26.2°C21.4°C21.4°C19212.812.412 h
October 21.6°C16.3°C16.3°C1518.911.411 h
November 16.7°C11.0°C11.0°C817.610.510 h
December 11.6°C6.1°C6.1°C637.610.010 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

Distance from Tsurusaki

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Tsurusaki) is explained once on the Tsurusaki year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.