Kanazawa climate

Name: Kanazawa
Address: JP

Kanazawa is warmest in August, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -1.7 °C. December is the wettest month (226 mm) and April the driest (124 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kanazawa averages 2,047 mm of rain, 89 days above 25 °C and 64 days below freezing.

Japan · population 466,029 · 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 -1.7 °C
Driest month April 124 mm
Wettest month December 226 mm
Least cloud October 59 % cloud
Hottest on record September 37 °C
Coldest on record January -13 °C
Warmest sea August 27 °C

What to expectKanazawa through the year

Kanazawa has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 5.0 °C in January to 30 °C in August, a swing of 24 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 89 days a year reach 25 °C, 27 of them reach 30 °C, 64 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in September.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 124 mm in April to 226 mm in December. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Kanazawa is warmest in August at 27 °C and coldest in March at 11 °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	5.0 °C	213 mm	71 %
February	5.7 °C	149 mm	70 %
March	10.0 °C	147 mm	64 %
April	15.9 °C	124 mm	60 %
May	21.0 °C	129 mm	62 %
June	24.7 °C	161 mm	73 %
July	28.0 °C	215 mm	71 %
August	29.8 °C	150 mm	59 %
September	25.5 °C	202 mm	65 %
October	19.9 °C	161 mm	59 %
November	14.2 °C	171 mm	62 %
December	8.3 °C	226 mm	70 %

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	5.0 °C	-1.7 °C	1.7 °C	15.9 °C	-12.6 °C	0	0	22
February	5.7 °C	-1.6 °C	2.0 °C	19.6 °C	-11.4 °C	0	0	20
March	10.0 °C	1.7 °C	5.7 °C	22.7 °C	-10.5 °C	0	0	11
April	15.9 °C	6.9 °C	11.2 °C	26.7 °C	-2.6 °C	0	0	1
May	21.0 °C	12.1 °C	16.4 °C	29.6 °C	1.0 °C	3	0	0
June	24.7 °C	16.8 °C	20.7 °C	32.2 °C	8.2 °C	13	1	0
July	28.0 °C	21.5 °C	24.6 °C	34.6 °C	14.7 °C	26	8	0
August	29.8 °C	22.4 °C	25.9 °C	36.3 °C	14.9 °C	30	15	0
September	25.5 °C	18.2 °C	21.6 °C	36.5 °C	7.9 °C	16	3	0
October	19.9 °C	12.2 °C	15.8 °C	30.3 °C	2.4 °C	1	0	0
November	14.2 °C	6.7 °C	10.1 °C	24.2 °C	-1.7 °C	0	0	1
December	8.3 °C	1.5 °C	4.8 °C	23.4 °C	-10.7 °C	0	0	11

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	213 mm	23	9.9 h/day	71 %	81 %	24 km/h	13.0 °C
February	149 mm	19	11 h/day	70 %	78 %	23 km/h	11.0 °C
March	147 mm	17	12 h/day	64 %	74 %	23 km/h	10.5 °C
April	124 mm	12	13 h/day	60 %	73 %	22 km/h	12.1 °C
May	129 mm	12	14 h/day	62 %	75 %	20 km/h	15.8 °C
June	161 mm	13	15 h/day	73 %	80 %	17 km/h	19.9 °C
July	215 mm	15	14 h/day	71 %	83 %	17 km/h	23.7 °C
August	150 mm	13	14 h/day	59 %	79 %	17 km/h	26.8 °C
September	202 mm	14	12 h/day	65 %	82 %	19 km/h	25.2 °C
October	161 mm	13	11 h/day	59 %	79 %	20 km/h	21.9 °C
November	171 mm	17	10 h/day	62 %	79 %	22 km/h	18.8 °C
December	226 mm	23	9.7 h/day	70 %	81 %	25 km/h	15.7 °C

How Kanazawa 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
Kanazawa	30 °C	-1.7 °C	2,047 mm	89
Takaoka · Japan	30 °C	-1.8 °C	2,132 mm	88
Toyama · Japan	29 °C	-2.6 °C	2,254 mm	79
Fukui-shi · Japan	29 °C	0.5 °C	2,260 mm	78

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Kanazawa’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kanazawa?

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 April the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Kanazawa get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 27 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 -1.7 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 64 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Kanazawa?

December, averaging 226 mm over 23 days with rain. The driest month is April with 124 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,047 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 Kanazawa 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: 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.