Discover the best time of year, based on historical climate, temperature, and precipitation.
The best weather in Saitama is from April, May, November, but considering flight prices and crowds, the best months to visit are April, May, June. — predictable climate
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| Score | 28 | 30 | 40 | 72 | 74 | 65 | 48 | 31 | 60 | 63 | 68 | 42 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Climate | Cold | Cold | Cold | Cool & rainy | Humid | Rainy | Hot & rainy | Hot & rainy | Rainy | Rainy | Mild | Cold |
| Temperature | -1–9°C | 0–10°C | 4–15°C | 9–19°C | 14–24°C | 18–26°C | 23–30°C | 24–32°C | 21–27°C | 14–22°C | 8–17°C | 2–11°C |
| Feels like | -5–5°C | -4–6°C | 1–12°C | 7–18°C | 13–24°C | 19–28°C | 26–35°C | 28–36°C | 23–30°C | 13–22°C | 5–15°C | -2–8°C |
| Precipitation | 55mm 5 days | 50mm 8 days | 128mm 11 days | 115mm 11 days | 126mm 12 days | 180mm 15 days | 188mm 16 days | 141mm 13 days | 199mm 13 days | 192mm 12 days | 85mm 9 days | 50mm 6 days |
| Sunshine | 8.0h ☀︎ 79% | 8.1h ☀︎ 75% | 8.2h ☀︎ 68% | 8.4h ☀︎ 64% | 8.1h ☀︎ 58% | 6.4h ☀︎ 44% | 6.9h ☀︎ 48% | 9.0h ☀︎ 67% | 6.4h ☀︎ 51% | 6.7h ☀︎ 60% | 7.4h ☀︎ 72% | 7.6h ☀︎ 78% |
| Wind | NW · 22 km/h | N · 23 km/h | N · 24 km/h | SE · 25 km/h | S · 23 km/h | SE · 21 km/h | SE · 19 km/h | SE · 20 km/h | NE · 19 km/h | N · 19 km/h | N · 18 km/h | NW · 19 km/h |
| Humidity (%) | 64% | 64% | 67% | 70% | 73% | 77% | 80% | 79% | 81% | 77% | 75% | 68% |
| Perfect days | 0% | 1% | 5% | 25% | 51% | 35% | 9% | 4% | 32% | 43% | 8% | 0% |
| Dry streak | 11d | 8d | 7d | 7d | 6d | 6d | 6d | 8d | 6d | 7d | 9d | 12d |
| Sunny streak | 12d | 10d | 11d | 10d | 9d | 7d | 10d | 16d | 10d | 8d | 10d | 12d |
| Extreme heat | — | — | — | — | — | 1% | 5% | 8% | 1% | — | — | — |
| Extreme cold | 63% | 49% | 15% | 1% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1% | 35% |
| Temperature | +1.2° | +1.8° | +2.4° | +1.7° | +1.4° | +1.9° | +3.2° | +2.6° | +2.3° | +0.9° | +2.1° | +1.1° |
| Rainfall | Stable | Stable | Getting wetter | Stable | Stable | Getting wetter | Stable | Stable | Stable | Getting drier | Stable | Getting drier |
| Ideal warm days | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 12% | 21% | 20% | 19% | 28% | 5% | 0% | 0% |
| Outdoor comfort | 0% | 0% | 4% | 23% | 44% | 22% | 4% | 1% | 20% | 43% | 12% | 0% |
| Dry week odds | 25% | 13% | 5% | 6% | 2% | 2% | 4% | 9% | 4% | 7% | 15% | 26% |
| Heavy rain | 2% | 3% | 4% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 3% | 9% | 9% | 3% | 2% |
| Snow days | 10% | 15% | 3% | 1% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2% |
| Muggy days | — | — | — | — | — | 19% | 81% | 92% | 47% | 2% | — | — |
| Oppressive days | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12% | 26% | 3% | — | — | — |
| Day length | 10.0h | 10.9h | 12.0h | 13.1h | 14.1h | 14.6h | 14.3h | 13.5h | 12.4h | 11.3h | 10.3h | 9.8h |
| Tourist Crowds | Low season | Low season | High season | Shoulder season | Shoulder season | Low season | High season | High season | Shoulder season | High season | High season | High season |
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