Takaoka climate

Name: Takaoka
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Takaoka is warmest in August, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -1.8 °C. July is the wettest month (265 mm) and February the driest (130 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Takaoka averages 2,132 mm of rain, 88 days above 25 °C and 65 days below freezing.

Japan · population 170,077 · 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 -1.8 °C
Driest month February 130 mm
Wettest month July 265 mm
Least cloud April 61 % cloud
Hottest on record July 37 °C
Coldest on record January -10 °C
Warmest sea August 27 °C

What to expectTakaoka through the year

Takaoka has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 4.5 °C in January to 30 °C in August, a swing of 24 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 88 days a year reach 25 °C, 26 of them reach 30 °C, 65 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 265 mm against 130 mm in February — 2.0 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Takaoka is warmest in August at 27 °C and coldest in March at 10 °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	4.5 °C	167 mm	74 %
February	5.2 °C	130 mm	71 %
March	9.7 °C	153 mm	66 %
April	15.9 °C	136 mm	61 %
May	21.1 °C	141 mm	63 %
June	24.6 °C	189 mm	75 %
July	28.1 °C	265 mm	74 %
August	29.6 °C	201 mm	62 %
September	25.1 °C	240 mm	68 %
October	19.4 °C	173 mm	62 %
November	13.6 °C	156 mm	63 %
December	7.7 °C	182 mm	71 %

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	4.5 °C	-1.8 °C	1.3 °C	14.9 °C	-10.4 °C	0	0	22
February	5.2 °C	-1.6 °C	1.7 °C	19.5 °C	-10.0 °C	0	0	20
March	9.7 °C	1.5 °C	5.3 °C	23.0 °C	-9.3 °C	0	0	10
April	15.9 °C	6.6 °C	10.9 °C	27.1 °C	-2.2 °C	0	0	1
May	21.1 °C	11.9 °C	16.3 °C	31.3 °C	1.2 °C	4	0	0
June	24.6 °C	16.8 °C	20.5 °C	33.3 °C	8.6 °C	13	1	0
July	28.1 °C	21.2 °C	24.4 °C	37.3 °C	15.1 °C	26	9	0
August	29.6 °C	22.3 °C	25.7 °C	36.8 °C	16.0 °C	29	14	0
September	25.1 °C	18.3 °C	21.4 °C	36.0 °C	9.6 °C	14	2	0
October	19.4 °C	12.3 °C	15.5 °C	28.9 °C	3.9 °C	1	0	0
November	13.6 °C	6.5 °C	9.7 °C	24.9 °C	-1.7 °C	0	0	0
December	7.7 °C	1.2 °C	4.2 °C	22.9 °C	-9.2 °C	0	0	11

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	167 mm	22	9.9 h/day	74 %	79 %	15 km/h	12.9 °C
February	130 mm	18	11 h/day	71 %	77 %	15 km/h	10.7 °C
March	153 mm	18	12 h/day	66 %	74 %	16 km/h	10.0 °C
April	136 mm	14	13 h/day	61 %	73 %	16 km/h	11.3 °C
May	141 mm	13	14 h/day	63 %	75 %	15 km/h	15.2 °C
June	189 mm	15	15 h/day	75 %	80 %	12 km/h	19.9 °C
July	265 mm	18	14 h/day	74 %	83 %	12 km/h	23.8 °C
August	201 mm	15	14 h/day	62 %	80 %	11 km/h	26.9 °C
September	240 mm	16	12 h/day	68 %	82 %	12 km/h	25.4 °C
October	173 mm	14	11 h/day	62 %	80 %	13 km/h	21.9 °C
November	156 mm	17	10 h/day	63 %	79 %	14 km/h	18.7 °C
December	182 mm	23	9.7 h/day	71 %	80 %	15 km/h	15.6 °C

How Takaoka 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
Takaoka	30 °C	-1.8 °C	2,132 mm	88
Toyama · Japan	29 °C	-2.6 °C	2,254 mm	79
Kanazawa · Japan	30 °C	-1.7 °C	2,047 mm	89
Matsumoto · Japan	28 °C	-5.9 °C	1,831 mm	80
Fukui-shi · Japan	29 °C	0.5 °C	2,260 mm	78
Nagano · Japan	28 °C	-4.4 °C	1,778 mm	77

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Takaoka’s climate

When is the best time to visit Takaoka?

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

How hot does Takaoka get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 26 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 -1.8 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 65 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Takaoka?

July, averaging 265 mm over 18 days with rain. The driest month is February with 130 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,132 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 Takaoka 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.