Nagoya weather by month & the best time to visit
🇯🇵 Japan · major coastal city · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Nagoya is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 62/100), with June and July close behind. Nagoya averages about 1,906 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 23°C / 73°F and roughly 164 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,906
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 62/100
- Rain / year
- 1,740 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 7 (high)
- Sea at warmest
- 29°C / 84°F
- Population
- 3.2M
- Elevation
- Sea level
When is the best time to visit Nagoya?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Nagoya is May, then June and July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 73 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Nagoya?
Nagoya gets a moderate 1,906 hours of sunshine a year. 62 Sunshine Score points separate May (62) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #13 of 79 destinations in Japan for annual sunshine, above the national median of 1,773 hours. The year's 1,740 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 | 73 mm | 2 | 9° / 48°F |
| February | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 2° / 36°F | 80 mm | 3 | 10° / 50°F |
| March | 28 | 13° / 55°F | 4° / 39°F | 118 mm | 4 | 11° / 52°F |
| April | 58 | 19° / 66°F | 9° / 48°F | 146 mm | 5 | 15° / 59°F |
| May | 62 | 23° / 73°F | 14° / 57°F | 164 mm | 6 | 19° / 66°F |
| June | 62 | 26° / 79°F | 19° / 66°F | 198 mm | 6 | 23° / 73°F |
| July | 62 | 30° / 86°F | 23° / 73°F | 225 mm | 7 | 28° / 82°F |
| August | 62 | 31° / 88°F | 24° / 75°F | 161 mm | 7 | 29° / 84°F |
| September | 62 | 28° / 82°F | 21° / 70°F | 215 mm | 6 | 29° / 84°F |
| October | 62 | 22° / 72°F | 15° / 59°F | 189 mm | 4 | 25° / 77°F |
| November | 55 | 17° / 63°F | 9° / 48°F | 90 mm | 3 | 20° / 68°F |
| December | 19 | 11° / 52°F | 4° / 39°F | 81 mm | 2 | 15° / 59°F |
Sea temperature in Nagoya by month
The sea off Nagoya is warmest in August at around 29°C / 84°F, and coolest in January at 9°C / 48°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
- Shizuoka Japan · 127 km · best in May · 2,035 h sun/yr
- Kobe Japan · 147 km · best in May · 1,831 h sun/yr
- Osaka Japan · 151 km · best in May · 1,831 h sun/yr
- Kanazawa Japan · 174 km · best in Jun · 1,565 h sun/yr
- Toyama Japan · 202 km · best in May · 1,590 h sun/yr
- Tokushima Japan · 217 km · best in Apr · 1,982 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Matsumoto Japan · 177 km · 1,590 h sun/yr · best in May
- Shirahama Japan · 188 km · 1,967 h sun/yr · best in Nov
Head-to-head
How Nagoya compares month by month: Nagoya vs Osaka · Nagoya vs Kobe · Nagoya vs Shizuoka · Nagoya vs Kanazawa · all comparisons
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