Discover the best time of year, based on historical climate, temperature, and precipitation.
The best weather in Himeji is from May, October, November, but considering flight prices and crowds, the best months to visit are April, May, June. — variable climate
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| Score | 29 | 29 | 40 | 65 | 71 | 62 | 40 | 34 | 60 | 74 | 70 | 38 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Climate | Cold | Cold | Cold | Cool & rainy | Cool & rainy | Rainy | Hot & rainy | Hot & rainy | Rainy | Humid | Mild | Cold |
| Temperature | 0–9°C | 0–10°C | 3–13°C | 8–18°C | 13–22°C | 18–25°C | 23–29°C | 24–31°C | 21–27°C | 14–22°C | 8–17°C | 2–11°C |
| Feels like | -4–5°C | -3–6°C | 0–11°C | 6–17°C | 12–23°C | 19–28°C | 27–34°C | 28–36°C | 23–31°C | 13–22°C | 5–15°C | -1–8°C |
| Precipitation | 49mm 5 days | 54mm 8 days | 110mm 12 days | 161mm 11 days | 154mm 10 days | 206mm 13 days | 267mm 17 days | 178mm 14 days | 206mm 13 days | 142mm 9 days | 81mm 7 days | 56mm 6 days |
| Sunshine | 7.5h ☀︎ 74% | 8.2h ☀︎ 75% | 8.6h ☀︎ 72% | 8.6h ☀︎ 66% | 9.0h ☀︎ 65% | 7.3h ☀︎ 50% | 7.9h ☀︎ 55% | 10.4h ☀︎ 78% | 7.8h ☀︎ 63% | 8.3h ☀︎ 73% | 7.9h ☀︎ 76% | 7.7h ☀︎ 78% |
| Wind | NW · 18 km/h | NW · 18 km/h | N · 18 km/h | E · 19 km/h | S · 17 km/h | SE · 15 km/h | S · 16 km/h | SE · 16 km/h | NE · 16 km/h | N · 17 km/h | N · 15 km/h | NW · 17 km/h |
| Humidity (%) | 73% | 71% | 72% | 73% | 75% | 80% | 84% | 79% | 79% | 75% | 76% | 73% |
| Perfect days | 0% | 0% | 0% | 11% | 51% | 52% | 13% | 6% | 38% | 53% | 6% | 0% |
| Dry streak | 12d | 7d | 7d | 7d | 7d | 6d | 6d | 6d | 7d | 9d | 10d | 12d |
| Sunny streak | 11d | 11d | 11d | 10d | 11d | 9d | 15d | 19d | 13d | 11d | 11d | 13d |
| Extreme heat | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0% | 1% | — | — | — | — |
| Extreme cold | 36% | 29% | 11% | 1% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16% |
| Temperature | +0.7° | +0.6° | +1.8° | +1.5° | +1.3° | +1.4° | +2.1° | +2.3° | +2.4° | +0.8° | +1.4° | +0.4° |
| Rainfall | Stable | Stable | Stable | Getting wetter | Getting wetter | Getting wetter | Stable | Getting wetter | Stable | Getting wetter | Getting wetter | Stable |
| Ideal warm days | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 15% | 36% | 39% | 32% | 4% | 0% | 0% |
| Outdoor comfort | 0% | 0% | 2% | 22% | 58% | 30% | 1% | 0% | 21% | 53% | 13% | 0% |
| Dry week odds | 30% | 7% | 5% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 15% | 19% | 27% |
| Heavy rain | 2% | 3% | 5% | 8% | 8% | 11% | 11% | 7% | 10% | 7% | 4% | 2% |
| Snow days | 12% | 15% | 3% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4% |
| Muggy days | — | — | — | — | — | 24% | 94% | 93% | 46% | 3% | — | — |
| Oppressive days | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19% | 38% | 4% | — | — | — |
| Day length | 10.1h | 10.9h | 12.0h | 13.1h | 14.0h | 14.5h | 14.2h | 13.4h | 12.4h | 11.3h | 10.4h | 9.9h |
| Tourist Crowds | Low season | Low season | High season | Low season | Shoulder season | Low season | Shoulder season | High season | Shoulder season | High season | High season | Shoulder season |
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