Matsue climate

Name: Matsue
Address: JP

Matsue is warmest in August, with average highs of 28 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 4.1 °C. September is the wettest month (186 mm) and April the driest (110 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Matsue averages 1,726 mm of rain, 71 days above 25 °C and 3 days below freezing.

Japan · population 203,616 · 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 28 °C
Coldest month February 4.1 °C
Driest month April 110 mm
Wettest month September 186 mm
Least cloud October 57 % cloud
Hottest on record August 35 °C
Coldest on record February -7.5 °C
Warmest sea August 27 °C

What to expectMatsue through the year

Matsue has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 7.9 °C in February to 28 °C in August, a swing of 21 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 71 days a year reach 25 °C, 9 of them reach 30 °C, 3 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in August.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 110 mm in April to 186 mm in September. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Matsue 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	7.5 °C	172 mm	71 %
February	7.9 °C	130 mm	70 %
March	10.9 °C	132 mm	63 %
April	15.5 °C	110 mm	59 %
May	19.6 °C	120 mm	61 %
June	23.0 °C	156 mm	73 %
July	26.7 °C	185 mm	69 %
August	28.3 °C	125 mm	59 %
September	24.6 °C	186 mm	64 %
October	19.9 °C	118 mm	57 %
November	15.1 °C	119 mm	62 %
December	10.0 °C	175 mm	68 %

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	4.1 °C	5.8 °C	17.6 °C	-3.3 °C	0	0	2
February	7.9 °C	4.1 °C	6.0 °C	19.6 °C	-7.5 °C	0	0	2
March	10.9 °C	6.3 °C	8.6 °C	21.6 °C	-0.8 °C	0	0	0
April	15.5 °C	10.6 °C	13.0 °C	27.4 °C	1.7 °C	0	0	0
May	19.6 °C	15.0 °C	17.2 °C	30.4 °C	5.9 °C	1	0	0
June	23.0 °C	19.1 °C	21.0 °C	32.2 °C	12.0 °C	6	0	0
July	26.7 °C	23.4 °C	25.0 °C	34.8 °C	17.6 °C	23	2	0
August	28.3 °C	24.8 °C	26.4 °C	35.4 °C	19.1 °C	28	6	0
September	24.6 °C	21.3 °C	22.9 °C	34.3 °C	13.3 °C	12	1	0
October	19.9 °C	16.4 °C	18.1 °C	30.0 °C	7.6 °C	1	0	0
November	15.1 °C	11.3 °C	13.2 °C	24.1 °C	1.1 °C	0	0	0
December	10.0 °C	6.5 °C	8.3 °C	21.6 °C	-0.6 °C	0	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	172 mm	21	10 h/day	71 %	68 %	33 km/h	14.2 °C
February	130 mm	17	11 h/day	70 %	68 %	31 km/h	12.7 °C
March	132 mm	15	12 h/day	63 %	69 %	30 km/h	12.8 °C
April	110 mm	11	13 h/day	59 %	72 %	27 km/h	14.2 °C
May	120 mm	10	14 h/day	61 %	77 %	24 km/h	16.9 °C
June	156 mm	11	15 h/day	73 %	83 %	22 km/h	20.5 °C
July	185 mm	13	14 h/day	69 %	85 %	23 km/h	23.9 °C
August	125 mm	11	14 h/day	59 %	81 %	22 km/h	26.7 °C
September	186 mm	13	12 h/day	64 %	78 %	24 km/h	25.3 °C
October	118 mm	11	11 h/day	57 %	71 %	26 km/h	22.4 °C
November	119 mm	14	10 h/day	62 %	68 %	28 km/h	19.7 °C
December	175 mm	20	9.8 h/day	68 %	68 %	32 km/h	16.7 °C

How Matsue 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
Matsue	28 °C	4.1 °C	1,726 mm	71
Izumo · Japan	29 °C	3.5 °C	1,545 mm	78
Tottori-shi · Japan	29 °C	2.6 °C	1,805 mm	84
Fukuyama · Japan	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
Higashihiroshima · Japan	29 °C	0.3 °C	1,413 mm	94

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Matsue’s climate

When is the best time to visit Matsue?

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

How hot does Matsue get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 28 °C. About 9 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 4.1 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 3 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Matsue?

September, averaging 186 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is April with 110 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,726 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 Matsue 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.