Tokushima weather by month & the best time to visit
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The best time to visit Tokushima is April — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 67/100), with May and June close behind. Tokushima averages about 1,982 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 125 mm of rain in April.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,982
- Sunniest month
- April
- Peak score
- 67/100
- Rain / year
- 1,816 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 8 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 30°C / 86°F
- Population
- 444k
- Elevation
- Sea level
When is the best time to visit Tokushima?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Tokushima is April, then May and June. The dullest month is January (7/100, 60 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Tokushima?
Tokushima gets a moderate 1,982 hours of sunshine a year. 60 Sunshine Score points separate April (67) from January (7), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #7 of 79 destinations in Japan for annual sunshine, above the national median of 1,773 hours. The year's 1,816 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 | 7 | 9° / 48°F | 1° / 34°F | 60 mm | 2 | 11° / 52°F |
| February | 19 | 11° / 52°F | 2° / 36°F | 84 mm | 3 | 11° / 52°F |
| March | 35 | 14° / 57°F | 4° / 39°F | 112 mm | 4 | 10° / 50°F |
| April | 67 | 20° / 68°F | 9° / 48°F | 125 mm | 5 | 15° / 59°F |
| May | 63 | 25° / 77°F | 14° / 57°F | 164 mm | 6 | 18° / 64°F |
| June | 63 | 28° / 82°F | 19° / 66°F | 233 mm | 6 | 22° / 72°F |
| July | 63 | 32° / 90°F | 23° / 73°F | 243 mm | 7 | 27° / 81°F |
| August | 63 | 32° / 90°F | 24° / 75°F | 204 mm | 8 | 30° / 86°F |
| September | 63 | 28° / 82°F | 20° / 68°F | 239 mm | 6 | 29° / 84°F |
| October | 63 | 23° / 73°F | 14° / 57°F | 188 mm | 5 | 25° / 77°F |
| November | 56 | 17° / 63°F | 8° / 46°F | 88 mm | 3 | 21° / 70°F |
| December | 19 | 11° / 52°F | 3° / 37°F | 76 mm | 2 | 15° / 59°F |
Sea temperature in Tokushima by month
The sea off Tokushima is warmest in August at around 30°C / 86°F, and coolest in March at 10°C / 50°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.
See Tokushima on the interactive sunshine globe →
Nearby places for sunshine
- Takamatsu Japan · 55 km · best in May · 1,982 h sun/yr
- Osaka Japan · 67 km · best in May · 1,831 h sun/yr
- Kobe Japan · 79 km · best in May · 1,831 h sun/yr
- Okayama Japan · 98 km · best in Aug · 1,914 h sun/yr
- Kochi (Japan) Japan · 108 km · best in May · 1,922 h sun/yr
- Hiroshima Japan · 159 km · best in Oct · 1,773 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Shirahama Japan · 87 km · 1,967 h sun/yr · best in Nov
Head-to-head
How Tokushima compares month by month: Tokushima vs Osaka · Tokushima vs Kobe · Tokushima vs Takamatsu · Tokushima vs Kochi (Japan) · all comparisons
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