Fukushima weather by month & the best time to visit
🇯🇵 Japan · regional city · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Fukushima is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 67/100), with June and August close behind. Fukushima averages about 1,749 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 120 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,749
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 67/100
- Rain / year
- 1,398 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈95 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 6 (high)
- Population
- 294k
- Elevation
- 371 m
When is the best time to visit Fukushima?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Fukushima is May, then June and August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 62 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Fukushima?
Fukushima isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,749 hours of sunshine a year. 67 Sunshine Score points separate May (67) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #44 of 79 destinations in Japan for annual sunshine, below the national median of 1,773 hours. The year's 1,398 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -4° / 25°F | 62 mm | 2 |
| February | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -4° / 25°F | 49 mm | 2 |
| March | 6 | 9° / 48°F | -1° / 30°F | 88 mm | 4 |
| April | 40 | 15° / 59°F | 3° / 37°F | 111 mm | 5 |
| May | 67 | 20° / 68°F | 9° / 48°F | 120 mm | 6 |
| June | 63 | 23° / 73°F | 14° / 57°F | 139 mm | 6 |
| July | 61 | 27° / 81°F | 18° / 64°F | 192 mm | 6 |
| August | 63 | 28° / 82°F | 19° / 66°F | 143 mm | 6 |
| September | 61 | 24° / 75°F | 16° / 61°F | 170 mm | 5 |
| October | 51 | 18° / 64°F | 9° / 48°F | 180 mm | 4 |
| November | 25 | 12° / 54°F | 3° / 37°F | 78 mm | 2 |
| December | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -2° / 28°F | 66 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Sendai Japan · 110 km · best in May · 1,521 h sun/yr
- Ibaraki Japan · 116 km · best in May · 1,948 h sun/yr
- Yamagata Japan · 132 km · best in May · 1,521 h sun/yr
- Niigata Japan · 142 km · best in May · 1,480 h sun/yr
- Shonai Japan · 185 km · best in Jun · 1,396 h sun/yr
- Tokyo Japan · 195 km · best in Aug · 1,958 h sun/yr
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