Discover the best time of year, based on historical climate, temperature, and precipitation.
The best weather in Matsuyama is from April, October, November, but considering flight prices and crowds, the best months to visit are April, September, October. — variable climate
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| Score | 26 | 31 | 46 | 71 | 70 | 55 | 39 | 35 | 61 | 77 | 72 | 39 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Climate | Cold | Cold | Cold | Cool & rainy | Rainy | Rainy | Hot & rainy | Hot & rainy | Rainy | Humid | Mild | Cold |
| Temperature | 4–10°C | 4–10°C | 7–14°C | 11–18°C | 15–22°C | 19–25°C | 24–29°C | 25–31°C | 22–28°C | 16–23°C | 11–18°C | 6–12°C |
| Feels like | 0–6°C | 0–7°C | 3–12°C | 9–18°C | 15–24°C | 21–28°C | 28–35°C | 29–36°C | 25–31°C | 16–23°C | 9–16°C | 3–9°C |
| Precipitation | 73mm 10 days | 71mm 10 days | 120mm 12 days | 151mm 11 days | 167mm 11 days | 260mm 15 days | 254mm 17 days | 156mm 15 days | 190mm 13 days | 118mm 9 days | 95mm 9 days | 75mm 11 days |
| Sunshine | 7.5h ☀︎ 73% | 8.1h ☀︎ 73% | 8.6h ☀︎ 71% | 8.7h ☀︎ 67% | 8.8h ☀︎ 63% | 6.6h ☀︎ 46% | 8.2h ☀︎ 58% | 10.8h ☀︎ 80% | 8.3h ☀︎ 67% | 8.3h ☀︎ 74% | 8.0h ☀︎ 76% | 7.7h ☀︎ 77% |
| Wind | NW · 20 km/h | N · 19 km/h | NE · 18 km/h | NW · 18 km/h | SW · 15 km/h | W · 15 km/h | SW · 15 km/h | W · 15 km/h | NE · 16 km/h | NE · 17 km/h | NE · 16 km/h | NW · 19 km/h |
| Humidity (%) | 68% | 69% | 72% | 74% | 76% | 82% | 84% | 79% | 79% | 73% | 72% | 68% |
| Perfect days | 0% | 0% | 1% | 18% | 55% | 41% | 6% | 1% | 29% | 56% | 12% | 0% |
| Dry streak | 8d | 7d | 7d | 7d | 7d | 5d | 6d | 7d | 7d | 10d | 8d | 7d |
| Sunny streak | 11d | 9d | 11d | 9d | 9d | 8d | 15d | 19d | 13d | 12d | 11d | 11d |
| Extreme heat | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1% | — | — | — | — |
| Extreme cold | 4% | 4% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0% |
| Temperature | +1.0° | +0.5° | +1.1° | -0.6° | -1.4° | -1.4° | -0.7° | +0.2° | +1.0° | +0.3° | +1.6° | +0.7° |
| Rainfall | Stable | Stable | Stable | Stable | Getting wetter | Getting wetter | Stable | Getting wetter | Stable | Stable | Stable | Stable |
| Ideal warm days | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 6% | 22% | 37% | 32% | 40% | 7% | 0% | 0% |
| Outdoor comfort | 0% | 1% | 4% | 29% | 51% | 19% | 0% | 0% | 14% | 54% | 19% | 0% |
| Dry week odds | 8% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 3% | 6% | 8% | 6% | 16% | 13% | 8% |
| Heavy rain | 2% | 3% | 5% | 8% | 9% | 15% | 11% | 7% | 9% | 5% | 4% | 3% |
| Snow days | 20% | 14% | 7% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1% | 14% |
| Muggy days | — | — | — | — | 3% | 43% | 98% | 97% | 61% | 8% | — | — |
| Oppressive days | — | — | — | — | — | 3% | 46% | 57% | 10% | — | — | — |
| Day length | 10.2h | 11.0h | 12.0h | 13.0h | 13.9h | 14.4h | 14.2h | 13.4h | 12.4h | 11.3h | 10.4h | 9.9h |
| Tourist Crowds | Low season | Low season | High season | Shoulder season | High season | Low season | Shoulder season | High season | Shoulder season | High season | High season | Shoulder season |
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