Matsumoto weather by month & the best time to visit
🇯🇵 Japan · regional city · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Matsumoto is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 68/100), with June and July close behind. Matsumoto averages about 1,590 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 22°C / 72°F and roughly 110 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,590
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 68/100
- Rain / year
- 1,330 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 7 (high)
- Population
- 241k
- Elevation
- 656 m
When is the best time to visit Matsumoto?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Matsumoto is May, then June and July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 50 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Matsumoto?
Matsumoto isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,590 hours of sunshine a year. 68 Sunshine Score points separate May (68) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #61 of 79 destinations in Japan for annual sunshine, below the national median of 1,773 hours. The year's 1,330 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 | -6° / 21°F | 50 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -5° / 23°F | 49 mm | 2 |
| March | 6 | 9° / 48°F | -2° / 28°F | 83 mm | 3 |
| April | 47 | 16° / 61°F | 3° / 37°F | 91 mm | 5 |
| May | 68 | 22° / 72°F | 10° / 50°F | 110 mm | 6 |
| June | 61 | 25° / 77°F | 15° / 59°F | 144 mm | 6 |
| July | 60 | 28° / 82°F | 19° / 66°F | 197 mm | 6 |
| August | 60 | 29° / 84°F | 20° / 68°F | 153 mm | 7 |
| September | 60 | 25° / 77°F | 16° / 61°F | 178 mm | 5 |
| October | 55 | 19° / 66°F | 9° / 48°F | 160 mm | 4 |
| November | 32 | 13° / 55°F | 3° / 37°F | 64 mm | 2 |
| December | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -2° / 28°F | 51 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Toyama Japan · 85 km · best in May · 1,590 h sun/yr
- Kanazawa Japan · 138 km · best in Jun · 1,565 h sun/yr
- Shizuoka Japan · 154 km · best in May · 2,035 h sun/yr
- Nagoya Japan · 177 km · best in May · 1,906 h sun/yr
- Tokyo Japan · 181 km · best in Aug · 1,958 h sun/yr
- Ibaraki Japan · 224 km · best in May · 1,948 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Wajima Japan · 152 km · 1,676 h sun/yr · best in Jun
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