Yonago weather by month & the best time to visit
🇯🇵 Japan · beach resort · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Yonago is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 65/100), with August and October close behind. Yonago averages about 1,515 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 124 mm of rain in May.
Jump to: month-by-month table · sea temperature · nearby alternatives · embed this data
- Sun hours / year
- 1,515
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 65/100
- Rain / year
- 1,738 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 7 (high)
- Sea at warmest
- 29°C / 84°F
- Population
- 149k
- Elevation
- Sea level
When is the best time to visit Yonago?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Yonago is May, then August and October. The dullest month is January (0/100, 132 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Yonago?
Yonago isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,515 hours of sunshine a year. 65 Sunshine Score points separate May (65) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #69 of 79 destinations in Japan for annual sunshine, below the national median of 1,773 hours. The year's 1,738 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 | 4° / 39°F | 132 mm | 1 | 15° / 59°F |
| February | 6 | 9° / 48°F | 5° / 41°F | 108 mm | 2 | 13° / 55°F |
| March | 16 | 11° / 52°F | 7° / 45°F | 124 mm | 4 | 13° / 55°F |
| April | 44 | 16° / 61°F | 11° / 52°F | 116 mm | 5 | 15° / 59°F |
| May | 65 | 21° / 70°F | 15° / 59°F | 124 mm | 6 | 19° / 66°F |
| June | 60 | 25° / 77°F | 20° / 68°F | 182 mm | 6 | 23° / 73°F |
| July | 60 | 28° / 82°F | 24° / 75°F | 221 mm | 6 | 26° / 79°F |
| August | 64 | 30° / 86°F | 25° / 77°F | 125 mm | 7 | 29° / 84°F |
| September | 60 | 26° / 79°F | 22° / 72°F | 204 mm | 5 | 28° / 82°F |
| October | 62 | 21° / 70°F | 17° / 63°F | 138 mm | 4 | 23° / 73°F |
| November | 45 | 16° / 61°F | 12° / 54°F | 111 mm | 2 | 20° / 68°F |
| December | 10 | 10° / 50°F | 7° / 45°F | 153 mm | 1 | 16° / 61°F |
Sea temperature in Yonago by month
The sea off Yonago is warmest in August at around 29°C / 84°F, and coolest in February at 13°C / 55°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.
See Yonago on the interactive sunshine globe →
Nearby places for sunshine
- Izumo Japan · 33 km · best in May · 1,647 h sun/yr
- Tottori Japan · 84 km · best in May · 1,544 h sun/yr
- Okayama Japan · 99 km · best in Aug · 1,914 h sun/yr
- Hiroshima Japan · 121 km · best in Oct · 1,773 h sun/yr
- Takamatsu Japan · 159 km · best in May · 1,982 h sun/yr
- Iwakuni Japan · 175 km · best in Oct · 1,773 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Okinoshima Japan · 77 km · 1,674 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Toyooka Japan · 140 km · 1,544 h sun/yr · best in May
Head-to-head
How Yonago compares month by month: Yonago vs Okayama · Yonago vs Tottori · Yonago vs Izumo · all comparisons
Put the Yonago sunshine badge on your site
A compact badge showing Yonago's sunshine at a glance — free to embed under CC BY 4.0. Paste this wherever you'd like it to appear:
Live preview — this is exactly what your readers see: