Misawa weather by month & the best time to visit
🇯🇵 Japan · seaside town · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Misawa is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 70/100), with September and May close behind. Misawa averages about 1,528 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 22°C / 72°F and roughly 93 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,528
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 70/100
- Rain / year
- 1,268 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.8 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 6 (high)
- Sea at warmest
- 25°C / 77°F
- Population
- 43k
- Elevation
- 34 m
When is the best time to visit Misawa?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Misawa is June, then September and May. The dullest month is January (0/100, 87 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Misawa?
Misawa isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,528 hours of sunshine a year. 70 Sunshine Score points separate June (70) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #66 of 79 destinations in Japan for annual sunshine, below the national median of 1,773 hours. The year's 1,268 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 | 1° / 34°F | -4° / 25°F | 87 mm | 1 | 11° / 52°F |
| February | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -5° / 23°F | 66 mm | 2 | 9° / 48°F |
| March | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -1° / 30°F | 81 mm | 3 | 8° / 46°F |
| April | 24 | 12° / 54°F | 3° / 37°F | 83 mm | 4 | 10° / 50°F |
| May | 60 | 18° / 64°F | 9° / 48°F | 86 mm | 5 | 12° / 54°F |
| June | 70 | 22° / 72°F | 14° / 57°F | 93 mm | 5 | 16° / 61°F |
| July | 60 | 26° / 79°F | 18° / 64°F | 149 mm | 5 | 21° / 70°F |
| August | 60 | 27° / 81°F | 20° / 68°F | 151 mm | 6 | 25° / 77°F |
| September | 62 | 23° / 73°F | 16° / 61°F | 139 mm | 5 | 24° / 75°F |
| October | 49 | 17° / 63°F | 9° / 48°F | 123 mm | 3 | 20° / 68°F |
| November | 11 | 10° / 50°F | 3° / 37°F | 101 mm | 1 | 16° / 61°F |
| December | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -2° / 28°F | 109 mm | 1 | 13° / 55°F |
Sea temperature in Misawa by month
The sea off Misawa is warmest in August at around 25°C / 77°F, and coolest in March at 8°C / 46°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 3 months a year. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
See Misawa on the interactive sunshine globe →
Nearby places for sunshine
- Aomori Japan · 57 km · best in Jun · 1,430 h sun/yr
- Hakodate Japan · 127 km · best in Jun · 1,408 h sun/yr
- Hanamaki Japan · 143 km · best in May · 1,695 h sun/yr
- Akita Japan · 155 km · best in Jun · 1,394 h sun/yr
- Sapporo Japan · 232 km · best in Jun · 1,696 h sun/yr
- Shonai Japan · 250 km · best in Jun · 1,396 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Ōdate Japan · 102 km · 1,428 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Okushiri Japan · 222 km · 1,502 h sun/yr · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Misawa compares month by month: Misawa vs Hakodate · Misawa vs Aomori · Misawa vs Hanamaki · all comparisons
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