Masuda weather by month & the best time to visit
🇯🇵 Japan · beach resort · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Masuda is October — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 67/100), with May and June close behind. Masuda averages about 1,655 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 22°C / 72°F and roughly 113 mm of rain in October.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,655
- Sunniest month
- October
- Peak score
- 67/100
- Rain / year
- 1,682 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈16 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 7 (high)
- Sea at warmest
- 29°C / 84°F
- Population
- 45k
- Elevation
- 53 m

When is the best time to visit Masuda?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Masuda is October, then May and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 74 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Masuda?
Masuda isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,655 hours of sunshine a year. 67 Sunshine Score points separate October (67) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #52 of 79 destinations in Japan for annual sunshine, below the national median of 1,773 hours. The year's 1,682 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 | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 1° / 34°F | 74 mm | 2 | 16° / 61°F |
| February | 6 | 9° / 48°F | 2° / 36°F | 81 mm | 3 | 14° / 57°F |
| March | 28 | 13° / 55°F | 4° / 39°F | 115 mm | 4 | 14° / 57°F |
| April | 53 | 18° / 64°F | 8° / 46°F | 131 mm | 5 | 16° / 61°F |
| May | 61 | 23° / 73°F | 13° / 55°F | 149 mm | 6 | 18° / 64°F |
| June | 61 | 27° / 81°F | 18° / 64°F | 224 mm | 6 | 22° / 72°F |
| July | 61 | 30° / 86°F | 23° / 73°F | 285 mm | 7 | 26° / 79°F |
| August | 61 | 31° / 88°F | 23° / 73°F | 146 mm | 7 | 29° / 84°F |
| September | 61 | 27° / 81°F | 19° / 66°F | 184 mm | 6 | 29° / 84°F |
| October | 67 | 22° / 72°F | 13° / 55°F | 113 mm | 5 | 24° / 75°F |
| November | 48 | 16° / 61°F | 8° / 46°F | 86 mm | 3 | 21° / 70°F |
| December | 12 | 10° / 50°F | 3° / 37°F | 94 mm | 2 | 18° / 64°F |
Sea temperature in Masuda by month
The sea off Masuda is warmest in August at around 29°C / 84°F, and coolest in February at 14°C / 57°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
- Iwakuni Japan · 72 km · best in Oct · 1,773 h sun/yr
- Ube Japan · 95 km · best in Oct · 1,801 h sun/yr
- Hiroshima Japan · 107 km · best in Oct · 1,773 h sun/yr
- Kitakyushu Japan · 116 km · best in Oct · 1,801 h sun/yr
- Matsuyama Japan · 126 km · best in Oct · 1,883 h sun/yr
- Izumo Japan · 129 km · best in May · 1,647 h sun/yr
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