Discover the best time of year, based on historical climate, temperature, and precipitation.
The best time to visit Nara is April, May, November, when the weather, flight prices, and crowds align. — variable climate
🌦Cool & rainy
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| Score | 24 | 26 | 43 | 71 | 69 | 58 | 39 | 23 | 59 | 66 | 70 | 36 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Climate | Cold | Cold | Cold | Cool & rainy | Rainy | Rainy | Hot & rainy | Hot & rainy | Rainy | Cool & rainy | Mild | Cold |
| Temperature | 0–8°C | 0–9°C | 3–14°C | 9–19°C | 13–23°C | 18–26°C | 23–30°C | 24–32°C | 21–28°C | 13–22°C | 8–17°C | 2–11°C |
| Feels like | -3–5°C | -3–6°C | 1–12°C | 7–18°C | 13–24°C | 19–29°C | 27–35°C | 28–37°C | 23–31°C | 13–22°C | 6–15°C | -1–8°C |
| Precipitation | 66mm 7 days | 65mm 9 days | 118mm 12 days | 152mm 11 days | 171mm 10 days | 243mm 13 days | 254mm 15 days | 176mm 12 days | 201mm 12 days | 184mm 10 days | 90mm 7 days | 61mm 7 days |
| Sunshine | 7.4h ☀︎ 73% | 7.6h ☀︎ 70% | 8.4h ☀︎ 70% | 8.4h ☀︎ 64% | 8.8h ☀︎ 63% | 7.0h ☀︎ 49% | 8.0h ☀︎ 56% | 10.5h ☀︎ 78% | 7.9h ☀︎ 63% | 8.0h ☀︎ 71% | 7.7h ☀︎ 74% | 7.5h ☀︎ 76% |
| Wind | W · 17 km/h | NW · 16 km/h | NW · 16 km/h | NW · 16 km/h | W · 15 km/h | NW · 15 km/h | SW · 14 km/h | W · 14 km/h | NE · 14 km/h | NE · 14 km/h | N · 13 km/h | W · 15 km/h |
| Humidity (%) | 75% | 73% | 72% | 73% | 73% | 78% | 82% | 77% | 80% | 78% | 78% | 76% |
| Perfect days | 0% | 0% | 1% | 21% | 57% | 39% | 5% | 2% | 29% | 48% | 8% | 0% |
| Dry streak | 10d | 7d | 7d | 7d | 7d | 6d | 8d | 9d | 7d | 9d | 10d | 11d |
| Sunny streak | 10d | 9d | 11d | 9d | 10d | 8d | 14d | 20d | 13d | 11d | 10d | 13d |
| Extreme heat | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2% | 7% | 0% | — | — | — |
| Extreme cold | 52% | 46% | 16% | 1% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1% | 26% |
| Temperature | +0.7° | +0.8° | +1.9° | +1.0° | +0.3° | +0.1° | +1.1° | +0.8° | +1.2° | +0.3° | +1.4° | +0.7° |
| Rainfall | Stable | Stable | Getting wetter | Getting wetter | Getting wetter | Much wetter | Getting wetter | Much wetter | Much wetter | Stable | Getting wetter | Stable |
| Ideal warm days | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 12% | 33% | 35% | 26% | 36% | 5% | 0% | 0% |
| Outdoor comfort | 0% | 0% | 3% | 27% | 52% | 22% | 0% | 0% | 17% | 49% | 14% | 0% |
| Dry week odds | 20% | 9% | 8% | 6% | 7% | 5% | 9% | 14% | 8% | 12% | 17% | 24% |
| Heavy rain | 2% | 2% | 5% | 7% | 8% | 12% | 12% | 5% | 8% | 8% | 4% | 2% |
| Snow days | 13% | 15% | 3% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5% |
| Muggy days | — | — | — | — | 1% | 19% | 92% | 92% | 45% | 3% | — | — |
| Oppressive days | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8% | 15% | 2% | — | — | — |
| Day length | 10.1h | 10.9h | 12.0h | 13.1h | 14.0h | 14.4h | 14.2h | 13.4h | 12.4h | 11.3h | 10.4h | 9.9h |
| Tourist Crowds | Low season | Low season | Shoulder season | Shoulder season | High season | Shoulder season | Shoulder season | High season | Shoulder season | High season | High season | Shoulder season |
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