Tanegashima weather by month & the best time to visit
🇯🇵 Japan · beach resort · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Tanegashima is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 61/100), with June and July close behind. Tanegashima averages about 1,648 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 22°C / 72°F and roughly 274 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,648
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 61/100
- Rain / year
- 2,952 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 31°C / 88°F
- Population
- 101k
- Elevation
- 234 m
When is the best time to visit Tanegashima?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Tanegashima is May, then June and July. The dullest month is January (32/100, 134 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Tanegashima?
Tanegashima isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,648 hours of sunshine a year. May (61/100) is noticeably better than January (32). It ranks #55 of 79 destinations in Japan for annual sunshine, below the national median of 1,773 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around June, carries about 41% of the annual 2,952 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32 | 14° / 57°F | 12° / 54°F | 134 mm | 3 | 22° / 72°F |
| February | 35 | 15° / 59°F | 12° / 54°F | 158 mm | 4 | 21° / 70°F |
| March | 45 | 17° / 63°F | 14° / 57°F | 194 mm | 5 | 21° / 70°F |
| April | 56 | 19° / 66°F | 17° / 63°F | 219 mm | 6 | 22° / 72°F |
| May | 61 | 22° / 72°F | 20° / 68°F | 274 mm | 7 | 24° / 75°F |
| June | 61 | 24° / 75°F | 23° / 73°F | 587 mm | 6 | 27° / 81°F |
| July | 61 | 27° / 81°F | 26° / 79°F | 348 mm | 9 | 29° / 84°F |
| August | 61 | 28° / 82°F | 27° / 81°F | 215 mm | 9 | 31° / 88°F |
| September | 61 | 26° / 79°F | 25° / 77°F | 308 mm | 7 | 29° / 84°F |
| October | 61 | 24° / 75°F | 22° / 72°F | 198 mm | 6 | 28° / 82°F |
| November | 61 | 20° / 68°F | 18° / 64°F | 168 mm | 4 | 26° / 79°F |
| December | 46 | 17° / 63°F | 14° / 57°F | 149 mm | 3 | 22° / 72°F |
Sea temperature in Tanegashima by month
The sea off Tanegashima is warmest in August at around 31°C / 88°F, and coolest in February at 21°C / 70°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly all year round. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Kagoshima Japan · 136 km · best in Oct · 1,843 h sun/yr
- Miyazaki Japan · 148 km · best in Apr · 1,853 h sun/yr
- Kumamoto Japan · 249 km · best in Oct · 1,845 h sun/yr
- Amami Japan · 272 km · best in Dec · 1,650 h sun/yr
- Nagasaki Japan · 276 km · best in Oct · 1,779 h sun/yr
- Saga Japan · 290 km · best in Oct · 1,752 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Yakushima Japan · 40 km · 1,647 h sun/yr · best in Apr
- Amakusa Japan · 223 km · 1,845 h sun/yr · best in Oct
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