Discover the best time of year, based on historical climate, temperature, and precipitation.
The best time to visit Wakayama is April, October, November, when the weather, flight prices, and crowds align. — variable climate
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| Score | 40 | 38 | 48 | 70 | 48 | 45 | 32 | 34 | 62 | 76 | 75 | 45 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Climate | Cold | Cold | Cold | Cool & rainy | Rainy | Rainy | Hot & rainy | Hot & rainy | Rainy | Rainy | Mild | Cold |
| Temperature | 3–9°C | 3–10°C | 6–14°C | 10–18°C | 15–22°C | 19–25°C | 24–29°C | 25–31°C | 22–28°C | 16–22°C | 11–17°C | 6–11°C |
| Feels like | -1–5°C | -1–7°C | 3–12°C | 8–17°C | 14–23°C | 21–28°C | 27–34°C | 30–36°C | 25–32°C | 15–22°C | 9–16°C | 2–8°C |
| Precipitation | 58mm 10 days | 78mm 10 days | 132mm 12 days | 153mm 11 days | 215mm 10 days | 235mm 13 days | 218mm 14 days | 163mm 12 days | 172mm 13 days | 166mm 10 days | 100mm 8 days | 47mm 10 days |
| Sunshine | 7.3h ☀︎ 72% | 7.7h ☀︎ 71% | 8.5h ☀︎ 71% | 8.7h ☀︎ 67% | 8.1h ☀︎ 58% | 6.8h ☀︎ 47% | 8.4h ☀︎ 59% | 10.5h ☀︎ 79% | 8.8h ☀︎ 71% | 8.4h ☀︎ 74% | 8.0h ☀︎ 77% | 8.2h ☀︎ 82% |
| Wind | N · 22 km/h | N · 22 km/h | N · 21 km/h | N · 21 km/h | SW · 20 km/h | SW · 19 km/h | SW · 20 km/h | SW · 19 km/h | E · 17 km/h | NE · 18 km/h | N · 19 km/h | NW · 22 km/h |
| Humidity (%) | 69% | 70% | 73% | 73% | 77% | 84% | 85% | 80% | 80% | 74% | 73% | 66% |
| Perfect days | 0% | 0% | 0% | 11% | 56% | 53% | 12% | 3% | 35% | 49% | 6% | 0% |
| Dry streak | 8d | 7d | 6d | 7d | 7d | 6d | 8d | 9d | 7d | 8d | 8d | 8d |
| Sunny streak | 10d | 11d | 10d | 10d | 10d | 8d | 15d | 20d | 12d | 12d | 11d | 14d |
| Extreme heat | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0% | — | — | — | — |
| Extreme cold | 5% | 6% | 1% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0% |
| Temperature | +0.3° | -0.1° | +1.4° | +0.5° | +0.3° | +0.4° | +1.5° | +1.3° | +1.4° | +0.2° | +1.2° | +0.4° |
| Rainfall | Stable | Stable | Stable | Getting wetter | Much wetter | Getting wetter | Stable | Getting wetter | Getting wetter | Stable | Stable | Getting drier |
| Ideal warm days | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 14% | 46% | 50% | 36% | 3% | 0% | 0% |
| Outdoor comfort | 0% | 0% | 3% | 23% | 59% | 30% | 0% | 0% | 17% | 47% | 12% | 0% |
| Dry week odds | 9% | 7% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 3% | 12% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 10% | 10% |
| Heavy rain | 2% | 4% | 7% | 7% | 9% | 13% | 11% | 6% | 10% | 10% | 6% | 3% |
| Snow days | 11% | 10% | 4% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9% |
| Muggy days | — | — | — | — | 2% | 33% | 97% | 95% | 56% | 5% | — | — |
| Oppressive days | — | — | — | — | — | 1% | 26% | 44% | 6% | — | — | — |
| 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 | Low season | Shoulder season | Low season | Shoulder season | High season | Shoulder season | Shoulder season | Shoulder season | Low season |
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