Kobe weather by month & the best time to visit
🇯🇵 Japan · coastal city break · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Kobe is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 64/100), with June and July close behind. Kobe averages about 1,831 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 22°C / 72°F and roughly 138 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,831
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 64/100
- Rain / year
- 1,526 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 7 (high)
- Sea at warmest
- 29°C / 84°F
- Population
- 1.5M
- Elevation
- Sea level
When is the best time to visit Kobe?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Kobe is May, then June and July. The dullest month is January (7/100, 56 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Kobe?
Kobe gets a moderate 1,831 hours of sunshine a year. 57 Sunshine Score points separate May (64) from January (7), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #26 of 79 destinations in Japan for annual sunshine, above the national median of 1,773 hours. The year's 1,526 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 | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7 | 9° / 48°F | 5° / 41°F | 56 mm | 2 | 12° / 54°F |
| February | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 5° / 41°F | 71 mm | 3 | 11° / 52°F |
| March | 29 | 13° / 55°F | 7° / 45°F | 101 mm | 4 | 11° / 52°F |
| April | 57 | 18° / 64°F | 11° / 52°F | 112 mm | 5 | 14° / 57°F |
| May | 64 | 22° / 72°F | 15° / 59°F | 138 mm | 6 | 17° / 63°F |
| June | 62 | 25° / 77°F | 20° / 68°F | 191 mm | 6 | 22° / 72°F |
| July | 62 | 29° / 84°F | 24° / 75°F | 204 mm | 7 | 27° / 81°F |
| August | 62 | 30° / 86°F | 25° / 77°F | 148 mm | 7 | 29° / 84°F |
| September | 62 | 27° / 81°F | 22° / 72°F | 194 mm | 6 | 29° / 84°F |
| October | 62 | 22° / 72°F | 17° / 63°F | 159 mm | 4 | 24° / 75°F |
| November | 56 | 17° / 63°F | 12° / 54°F | 80 mm | 3 | 21° / 70°F |
| December | 25 | 12° / 54°F | 7° / 45°F | 72 mm | 2 | 15° / 59°F |
Sea temperature in Kobe by month
The sea off Kobe is warmest in August at around 29°C / 84°F, and coolest in February at 11°C / 52°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 6 months a year. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Osaka Japan · 23 km · best in May · 1,831 h sun/yr
- Tokushima Japan · 79 km · best in Apr · 1,982 h sun/yr
- Takamatsu Japan · 120 km · best in May · 1,982 h sun/yr
- Okayama Japan · 126 km · best in Aug · 1,914 h sun/yr
- Tottori Japan · 139 km · best in May · 1,544 h sun/yr
- Nagoya Japan · 147 km · best in May · 1,906 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Toyooka Japan · 106 km · 1,544 h sun/yr · best in May
- Shirahama Japan · 109 km · 1,967 h sun/yr · best in Nov
Head-to-head
How Kobe compares month by month: Kobe vs Osaka · Kobe vs Nagoya · Kobe vs Kanazawa · Kobe vs Tokushima · all comparisons
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