Gifu climate
Gifu is warmest in August, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -1.1 °C. July is the wettest month (355 mm) and January the driest (76 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Gifu averages 2,248 mm of rain, 104 days above 25 °C and 62 days below freezing.
Japan · population 402,557 · 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 30 °C
- Coldest month January -1.1 °C
- Driest month January 76 mm
- Wettest month July 355 mm
- Least cloud November 49 % cloud
- Hottest on record August 38 °C
- Coldest on record February -8.5 °C
What to expectGifu through the year
Gifu has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 7.5 °C in January to 30 °C in August, a swing of 23 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 104 days a year reach 25 °C, 31 of them reach 30 °C, 62 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in August.
Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 355 mm against 76 mm in January — 4.7 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.5 °C | 76 mm | 51 % |
| February | 8.6 °C | 85 mm | 54 % |
| March | 12.5 °C | 150 mm | 55 % |
| April | 17.7 °C | 180 mm | 58 % |
| May | 22.2 °C | 212 mm | 65 % |
| June | 25.4 °C | 276 mm | 78 % |
| July | 28.7 °C | 355 mm | 75 % |
| August | 30.1 °C | 223 mm | 63 % |
| September | 26.5 °C | 289 mm | 63 % |
| October | 21.1 °C | 204 mm | 54 % |
| November | 15.4 °C | 116 mm | 49 % |
| December | 9.9 °C | 83 mm | 49 % |
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 | 7.5 °C | -1.1 °C | 2.6 °C | 17.0 °C | -7.1 °C | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| February | 8.6 °C | -0.7 °C | 3.4 °C | 18.7 °C | -8.5 °C | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| March | 12.5 °C | 2.2 °C | 6.9 °C | 22.7 °C | -4.7 °C | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| April | 17.7 °C | 7.4 °C | 12.2 °C | 26.8 °C | -1.8 °C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| May | 22.2 °C | 12.4 °C | 17.1 °C | 31.6 °C | 2.3 °C | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 25.4 °C | 17.4 °C | 21.1 °C | 33.2 °C | 10.2 °C | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| July | 28.7 °C | 21.6 °C | 24.8 °C | 36.6 °C | 14.7 °C | 28 | 11 | 0 |
| August | 30.1 °C | 22.5 °C | 25.9 °C | 37.7 °C | 15.6 °C | 30 | 16 | 0 |
| September | 26.5 °C | 18.8 °C | 22.3 °C | 35.1 °C | 7.9 °C | 21 | 3 | 0 |
| October | 21.1 °C | 12.6 °C | 16.4 °C | 29.1 °C | 3.4 °C | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| November | 15.4 °C | 6.5 °C | 10.4 °C | 24.3 °C | -0.5 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| December | 9.9 °C | 1.3 °C | 5.1 °C | 20.3 °C | -7.2 °C | 0 | 0 | 11 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 76 mm | 9 | 10 h/day | 51 % | 73 % | 16 km/h |
| February | 85 mm | 9 | 11 h/day | 54 % | 70 % | 16 km/h |
| March | 150 mm | 12 | 12 h/day | 55 % | 70 % | 17 km/h |
| April | 180 mm | 12 | 13 h/day | 58 % | 72 % | 16 km/h |
| May | 212 mm | 13 | 14 h/day | 65 % | 76 % | 14 km/h |
| June | 276 mm | 16 | 15 h/day | 78 % | 81 % | 12 km/h |
| July | 355 mm | 19 | 14 h/day | 75 % | 84 % | 12 km/h |
| August | 223 mm | 16 | 14 h/day | 63 % | 81 % | 12 km/h |
| September | 289 mm | 15 | 12 h/day | 63 % | 81 % | 12 km/h |
| October | 204 mm | 11 | 11 h/day | 54 % | 79 % | 12 km/h |
| November | 116 mm | 9 | 10 h/day | 49 % | 77 % | 13 km/h |
| December | 83 mm | 10 | 9.8 h/day | 49 % | 75 % | 15 km/h |
How Gifu 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gifu | 30 °C | -1.1 °C | 2,248 mm | 104 |
| Ichinomiya · Japan | 30 °C | -0.9 °C | 1,884 mm | 109 |
| Ōgaki · Japan | 30 °C | -0.5 °C | 1,913 mm | 107 |
| Nagoya · Japan | 31 °C | -0.6 °C | 1,519 mm | 113 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Gifu.
QuestionsCommon questions about Gifu’s climate
When is the best time to visit Gifu?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, June, September 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 Gifu get?
In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 31 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average -1.1 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 62 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Gifu?
July, averaging 355 mm over 19 days with rain. The driest month is January with 76 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,248 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 Gifu 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
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
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.