Fukuyama climate

Name: Fukuyama
Address: JP

Fukuyama is warmest in August, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 2.1 °C. June is the wettest month (187 mm) and January the driest (43 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Fukuyama averages 1,257 mm of rain, 114 days above 25 °C and 16 days below freezing.

Japan · population 468,812 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month August 31 °C
Coldest month January 2.1 °C
Driest month January 43 mm
Wettest month June 187 mm
Least cloud November 47 % cloud
Hottest on record August 37 °C
Coldest on record February -5.9 °C
Warmest sea August 27 °C

What to expectFukuyama through the year

Fukuyama has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 9.0 °C in January to 31 °C in August, a swing of 22 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 114 days a year reach 25 °C, 41 of them reach 30 °C, 16 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 187 mm against 43 mm in January — 4.3 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Fukuyama is warmest in August at 27 °C and coldest in February at 13 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	9.0 °C	43 mm	52 %
February	10.0 °C	55 mm	55 %
March	13.4 °C	92 mm	57 %
April	18.4 °C	107 mm	58 %
May	22.9 °C	124 mm	63 %
June	25.9 °C	187 mm	77 %
July	29.4 °C	184 mm	69 %
August	31.0 °C	108 mm	58 %
September	27.3 °C	148 mm	60 %
October	21.9 °C	105 mm	50 %
November	16.5 °C	56 mm	47 %
December	11.2 °C	48 mm	47 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	9.0 °C	2.1 °C	5.3 °C	17.8 °C	-4.2 °C	0	0	6
February	10.0 °C	2.4 °C	5.9 °C	20.4 °C	-5.9 °C	0	0	6
March	13.4 °C	5.0 °C	9.0 °C	23.3 °C	-1.8 °C	0	0	2
April	18.4 °C	9.6 °C	13.9 °C	27.4 °C	0.1 °C	0	0	0
May	22.9 °C	14.3 °C	18.6 °C	30.2 °C	4.5 °C	7	0	0
June	25.9 °C	19.0 °C	22.4 °C	32.9 °C	11.3 °C	19	1	0
July	29.4 °C	23.3 °C	26.2 °C	36.0 °C	16.1 °C	30	13	0
August	31.0 °C	24.4 °C	27.5 °C	36.7 °C	17.6 °C	31	21	0
September	27.3 °C	20.6 °C	23.8 °C	35.9 °C	11.3 °C	24	5	0
October	21.9 °C	14.6 °C	18.1 °C	29.3 °C	5.6 °C	4	0	0
November	16.5 °C	9.0 °C	12.5 °C	23.9 °C	0.8 °C	0	0	0
December	11.2 °C	4.2 °C	7.4 °C	19.4 °C	-3.2 °C	0	0	2

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	43 mm	6	10 h/day	52 %	67 %	18 km/h	14.3 °C
February	55 mm	7	11 h/day	55 %	67 %	18 km/h	13.0 °C
March	92 mm	10	12 h/day	57 %	68 %	17 km/h	13.3 °C
April	107 mm	10	13 h/day	58 %	69 %	16 km/h	15.0 °C
May	124 mm	10	14 h/day	63 %	72 %	15 km/h	17.9 °C
June	187 mm	13	14 h/day	77 %	78 %	14 km/h	21.6 °C
July	184 mm	13	14 h/day	69 %	81 %	14 km/h	25.1 °C
August	108 mm	11	13 h/day	58 %	76 %	14 km/h	27.4 °C
September	148 mm	10	12 h/day	60 %	75 %	14 km/h	26.5 °C
October	105 mm	8	11 h/day	50 %	73 %	14 km/h	23.4 °C
November	56 mm	6	10 h/day	47 %	71 %	15 km/h	19.6 °C
December	48 mm	6	9.9 h/day	47 %	69 %	17 km/h	16.4 °C

How Fukuyama compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Fukuyama	31 °C	2.1 °C	1,257 mm	114
Kurashiki · Japan	31 °C	2.5 °C	1,297 mm	112
Okayama · Japan	31 °C	1.1 °C	1,266 mm	116
Imabari · Japan	30 °C	4.2 °C	1,653 mm	100
Higashihiroshima · Japan	29 °C	0.3 °C	1,413 mm	94
Takamatsu · Japan	30 °C	3.6 °C	1,444 mm	95
Kure · Japan	29 °C	3.4 °C	1,527 mm	82

Where Fukuyama ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Asia in September	47th of 50	85/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Fukuyama.

QuestionsCommon questions about Fukuyama’s climate

When is the best time to visit Fukuyama?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, June, October sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Fukuyama get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 41 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 2.1 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 16 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Fukuyama?

June, averaging 187 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is January with 43 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,257 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Fukuyama rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 34.483°, 133.367° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.