Shizuoka weather by month & the best time to visit
🇯🇵 Japan · coastal city break · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Shizuoka is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 63/100), with June and July close behind. Shizuoka averages about 2,035 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 23°C / 73°F and roughly 177 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,035
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 63/100
- Rain / year
- 1,878 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈35 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 8 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 29°C / 84°F
- Population
- 977k
- Elevation
- 130 m
When is the best time to visit Shizuoka?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Shizuoka is May, then June and July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 70 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Shizuoka?
Shizuoka gets a moderate 2,035 hours of sunshine a year. 63 Sunshine Score points separate May (63) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #3 of 79 destinations in Japan for annual sunshine, above the national median of 1,773 hours. The year's 1,878 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 | 0° / 32°F | 70 mm | 2 | 15° / 59°F |
| February | 12 | 10° / 50°F | 1° / 34°F | 90 mm | 3 | 16° / 61°F |
| March | 27 | 13° / 55°F | 4° / 39°F | 140 mm | 4 | 16° / 61°F |
| April | 53 | 18° / 64°F | 9° / 48°F | 166 mm | 5 | 18° / 64°F |
| May | 63 | 23° / 73°F | 14° / 57°F | 177 mm | 6 | 20° / 68°F |
| June | 63 | 26° / 79°F | 19° / 66°F | 213 mm | 6 | 23° / 73°F |
| July | 63 | 29° / 84°F | 23° / 73°F | 235 mm | 7 | 25° / 77°F |
| August | 63 | 30° / 86°F | 24° / 75°F | 166 mm | 8 | 29° / 84°F |
| September | 63 | 27° / 81°F | 20° / 68°F | 225 mm | 6 | 28° / 82°F |
| October | 63 | 22° / 72°F | 15° / 59°F | 220 mm | 5 | 26° / 79°F |
| November | 54 | 17° / 63°F | 9° / 48°F | 102 mm | 3 | 23° / 73°F |
| December | 19 | 11° / 52°F | 3° / 37°F | 74 mm | 2 | 18° / 64°F |
Sea temperature in Shizuoka by month
The sea off Shizuoka is warmest in August at around 29°C / 84°F, and coolest in January at 15°C / 59°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
- Nagoya Japan · 127 km · best in May · 1,906 h sun/yr
- Tokyo Japan · 168 km · best in Aug · 1,958 h sun/yr
- Toyama Japan · 225 km · best in May · 1,590 h sun/yr
- Kanazawa Japan · 240 km · best in Jun · 1,565 h sun/yr
- Ibaraki Japan · 254 km · best in May · 1,948 h sun/yr
- Kobe Japan · 272 km · best in May · 1,831 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Izu Oshima Japan · 107 km · 1,871 h sun/yr · best in May
- Miyakejima Japan · 149 km · 1,871 h sun/yr · best in Nov
- Matsumoto Japan · 154 km · 1,590 h sun/yr · best in May
Head-to-head
How Shizuoka compares month by month: Shizuoka vs Tokyo · Shizuoka vs Nagoya · Shizuoka vs Toyama · all comparisons
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