Takamatsu weather by month & the best time to visit
🇯🇵 Japan · coastal city break · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Takamatsu is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 63/100), with June and July close behind. Takamatsu averages about 1,982 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 23°C / 73°F and roughly 176 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,982
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 63/100
- Rain / year
- 1,866 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈11 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 8 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 30°C / 86°F
- Population
- 419k
- Elevation
- 182 m
When is the best time to visit Takamatsu?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Takamatsu is May, then June and July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 59 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Takamatsu?
Takamatsu gets a moderate 1,982 hours of sunshine a year. 63 Sunshine Score points separate May (63) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #6 of 79 destinations in Japan for annual sunshine, above the national median of 1,773 hours. The year's 1,866 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 | 59 mm | 2 | 12° / 54°F |
| February | 6 | 9° / 48°F | 2° / 36°F | 86 mm | 3 | 11° / 52°F |
| March | 29 | 13° / 55°F | 4° / 39°F | 119 mm | 4 | 11° / 52°F |
| April | 54 | 18° / 64°F | 9° / 48°F | 137 mm | 6 | 15° / 59°F |
| May | 63 | 23° / 73°F | 14° / 57°F | 176 mm | 6 | 18° / 64°F |
| June | 63 | 26° / 79°F | 19° / 66°F | 253 mm | 6 | 22° / 72°F |
| July | 63 | 29° / 84°F | 23° / 73°F | 264 mm | 7 | 27° / 81°F |
| August | 63 | 30° / 86°F | 24° / 75°F | 197 mm | 8 | 30° / 86°F |
| September | 63 | 27° / 81°F | 20° / 68°F | 245 mm | 6 | 29° / 84°F |
| October | 63 | 22° / 72°F | 14° / 57°F | 166 mm | 5 | 25° / 77°F |
| November | 50 | 16° / 61°F | 9° / 48°F | 87 mm | 3 | 20° / 68°F |
| December | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 3° / 37°F | 77 mm | 2 | 14° / 57°F |
Sea temperature in Takamatsu by month
The sea off Takamatsu is warmest in August at around 30°C / 86°F, and coolest in February at 11°C / 52°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 5 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
- Tokushima Japan · 55 km · best in Apr · 1,982 h sun/yr
- Okayama Japan · 62 km · best in Aug · 1,914 h sun/yr
- Kochi (Japan) Japan · 81 km · best in May · 1,922 h sun/yr
- Hiroshima Japan · 104 km · best in Oct · 1,773 h sun/yr
- Osaka Japan · 115 km · best in May · 1,831 h sun/yr
- Kobe Japan · 120 km · best in May · 1,831 h sun/yr
Head-to-head
How Takamatsu compares month by month: Takamatsu vs Osaka · Takamatsu vs Kobe · Takamatsu vs Okayama · Takamatsu vs Tokushima · all comparisons
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