Yamagata weather by month & the best time to visit

🇯🇵 Japan · regional city · humid subtropical climate

The best time to visit Yamagata is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 70/100), with June and September close behind. Yamagata averages about 1,521 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 94 mm of rain in May.

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Sun hours / year

1,521

Sunniest month

May

Peak score

70/100

Rain / year

1,546 mm

Snow / year

≈1.9 m

Midday UV at peak

6 (high)

Population

272k

Elevation

104 m

When is the best time to visit Yamagata?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Yamagata is May, then June and September. The dullest month is January (0/100, 126 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Yamagata?

Yamagata isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,521 hours of sunshine a year. 70 Sunshine Score points separate May (70) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #67 of 79 destinations in Japan for annual sunshine, below the national median of 1,773 hours. The year's 1,546 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.

Sunshine Score by month

See Yamagata on the interactive sunshine globe →

Nearby places for sunshine

• Sendai Japan · 56 km · best in May · 1,521 h sun/yr
• Shonai Japan · 67 km · best in Jun · 1,396 h sun/yr
• Niigata Japan · 121 km · best in May · 1,480 h sun/yr
• Hanamaki Japan · 131 km · best in May · 1,695 h sun/yr
• Akita Japan · 134 km · best in Jun · 1,394 h sun/yr
• Ibaraki Japan · 248 km · best in May · 1,948 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Fukushima Japan · 132 km · 1,749 h sun/yr · best in May

Head-to-head

How Yamagata compares month by month: Yamagata vs Sendai · Yamagata vs Niigata · Yamagata vs Hanamaki · Yamagata vs Shonai · all comparisons