Matsusaka climate

Name: Matsusaka
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Matsusaka is warmest in August, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 2.1 °C. September is the wettest month (274 mm) and January the driest (69 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Matsusaka averages 1,965 mm of rain, 106 days above 25 °C and 10 days below freezing.

Japan · population 159,145 · 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 2.1 °C
Driest month January 69 mm
Wettest month September 274 mm
Least cloud December 39 % cloud
Hottest on record August 37 °C
Coldest on record February -4.4 °C
Warmest sea August 27 °C

What to expectMatsusaka through the year

Matsusaka has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 8.7 °C in January to 30 °C in August, a swing of 22 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 106 days a year reach 25 °C, 34 of them reach 30 °C, 10 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 274 mm against 69 mm in January — 3.9 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Matsusaka is warmest in August at 27 °C and coldest in February at 14 °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	8.7 °C	69 mm	43 %
February	9.7 °C	76 mm	49 %
March	13.2 °C	128 mm	54 %
April	18.1 °C	148 mm	58 %
May	22.4 °C	173 mm	67 %
June	25.5 °C	251 mm	80 %
July	29.2 °C	224 mm	74 %
August	30.2 °C	188 mm	63 %
September	26.7 °C	274 mm	65 %
October	21.4 °C	253 mm	55 %
November	16.3 °C	111 mm	46 %
December	11.1 °C	71 mm	39 %

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	8.7 °C	2.1 °C	5.0 °C	16.4 °C	-3.6 °C	0	0	5
February	9.7 °C	2.4 °C	5.6 °C	19.8 °C	-4.4 °C	0	0	4
March	13.2 °C	4.9 °C	8.7 °C	23.1 °C	-2.0 °C	0	0	1
April	18.1 °C	9.5 °C	13.6 °C	27.1 °C	0.2 °C	0	0	0
May	22.4 °C	14.3 °C	18.1 °C	31.1 °C	5.9 °C	5	0	0
June	25.5 °C	18.8 °C	21.9 °C	34.1 °C	11.5 °C	17	2	0
July	29.2 °C	22.9 °C	25.8 °C	36.0 °C	17.3 °C	29	12	0
August	30.2 °C	23.8 °C	26.7 °C	37.3 °C	18.2 °C	30	16	0
September	26.7 °C	20.6 °C	23.3 °C	35.6 °C	11.4 °C	22	3	0
October	21.4 °C	14.9 °C	17.9 °C	29.1 °C	6.0 °C	3	0	0
November	16.3 °C	9.3 °C	12.5 °C	27.0 °C	1.4 °C	0	0	0
December	11.1 °C	4.3 °C	7.3 °C	21.6 °C	-1.3 °C	0	0	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	69 mm	6	10 h/day	43 %	70 %	20 km/h	14.3 °C
February	76 mm	8	11 h/day	49 %	70 %	20 km/h	13.5 °C
March	128 mm	11	12 h/day	54 %	71 %	20 km/h	13.7 °C
April	148 mm	11	13 h/day	58 %	73 %	18 km/h	15.4 °C
May	173 mm	12	14 h/day	67 %	77 %	16 km/h	18.5 °C
June	251 mm	16	14 h/day	80 %	82 %	14 km/h	21.8 °C
July	224 mm	18	14 h/day	74 %	84 %	13 km/h	25.4 °C
August	188 mm	17	13 h/day	63 %	83 %	14 km/h	27.4 °C
September	274 mm	16	12 h/day	65 %	82 %	15 km/h	25.7 °C
October	253 mm	12	11 h/day	55 %	79 %	16 km/h	22.5 °C
November	111 mm	8	10 h/day	46 %	76 %	16 km/h	19.6 °C
December	71 mm	6	9.9 h/day	39 %	72 %	19 km/h	16.7 °C

How Matsusaka 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
Matsusaka	30 °C	2.1 °C	1,965 mm	106
Tsu · Japan	30 °C	2.5 °C	1,884 mm	106
Yokkaichi · Japan	30 °C	0.7 °C	1,707 mm	106
Nishio · Japan	30 °C	1.4 °C	1,497 mm	102
Anjō · Japan	31 °C	-0.08 °C	1,493 mm	111

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Matsusaka’s climate

When is the best time to visit Matsusaka?

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 Matsusaka get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 34 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 10 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Matsusaka?

September, averaging 274 mm over 16 days with rain. The driest month is January with 69 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,965 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 Matsusaka 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: 34.579°, 136.537° (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.