Discover the best time of year, based on historical climate, temperature, and precipitation.
The best weather in Okayama is from May, October, November, but considering flight prices and crowds, the best months to visit are April, May, October. — variable climate
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| Score | 31 | 34 | 50 | 72 | 77 | 62 | 38 | 16 | 62 | 80 | 76 | 41 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Climate | Cold | Cold | Cold | Cool & rainy | Humid | Rainy | Hot & rainy | Hot & rainy | Rainy | Humid | Mild | Cold |
| Temperature | 0–9°C | 0–10°C | 4–15°C | 9–20°C | 14–24°C | 18–27°C | 23–30°C | 25–33°C | 21–28°C | 13–23°C | 7–17°C | 2–11°C |
| Feels like | -4–5°C | -3–7°C | 1–12°C | 7–19°C | 13–25°C | 19–29°C | 27–35°C | 29–37°C | 23–31°C | 13–23°C | 5–16°C | -1–8°C |
| Precipitation | 43mm 5 days | 47mm 8 days | 96mm 10 days | 147mm 10 days | 123mm 9 days | 199mm 12 days | 247mm 15 days | 159mm 11 days | 184mm 11 days | 105mm 9 days | 65mm 7 days | 46mm 5 days |
| Sunshine | 7.2h ☀︎ 71% | 8.0h ☀︎ 73% | 8.6h ☀︎ 72% | 8.7h ☀︎ 66% | 9.1h ☀︎ 65% | 7.2h ☀︎ 50% | 8.1h ☀︎ 57% | 10.5h ☀︎ 78% | 7.8h ☀︎ 63% | 8.1h ☀︎ 72% | 7.9h ☀︎ 76% | 7.5h ☀︎ 75% |
| Wind | NW · 17 km/h | NW · 17 km/h | N · 17 km/h | NE · 17 km/h | SE · 15 km/h | E · 15 km/h | SE · 14 km/h | E · 15 km/h | NE · 15 km/h | N · 14 km/h | NW · 14 km/h | NW · 16 km/h |
| Humidity (%) | 71% | 69% | 69% | 69% | 70% | 76% | 81% | 74% | 76% | 74% | 75% | 73% |
| Perfect days | 0% | 0% | 3% | 27% | 58% | 40% | 5% | 1% | 29% | 56% | 12% | 0% |
| Dry streak | 13d | 9d | 9d | 7d | 7d | 6d | 7d | 9d | 8d | 9d | 10d | 13d |
| Sunny streak | 11d | 10d | 12d | 10d | 9d | 9d | 15d | 18d | 12d | 11d | 11d | 11d |
| Extreme heat | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3% | 13% | 1% | — | — | — |
| Extreme cold | 47% | 41% | 12% | 1% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0% | 21% |
| Temperature | +0.9° | +0.8° | +2.2° | +1.2° | +0.9° | +0.7° | +1.2° | +1.6° | +1.9° | +0.6° | +1.4° | +0.6° |
| Rainfall | Stable | Stable | Stable | Getting wetter | Getting wetter | Getting wetter | Getting wetter | Much wetter | Getting wetter | Stable | Stable | Stable |
| Ideal warm days | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 16% | 37% | 29% | 25% | 38% | 8% | 0% | 0% |
| Outdoor comfort | 0% | 1% | 5% | 33% | 54% | 20% | 0% | 0% | 16% | 54% | 16% | 0% |
| Dry week odds | 35% | 16% | 14% | 7% | 8% | 4% | 7% | 13% | 12% | 13% | 20% | 31% |
| Heavy rain | 1% | 1% | 4% | 6% | 7% | 10% | 10% | 7% | 8% | 5% | 2% | 1% |
| Snow days | 6% | 9% | 1% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2% |
| Muggy days | — | — | — | — | 1% | 24% | 93% | 92% | 44% | 4% | — | — |
| Oppressive days | — | — | — | — | — | 1% | 17% | 27% | 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 | High season | Shoulder season | High season | Low season | Shoulder season | High season | High season | High season | High season | High season |
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