Climate and average weather in Fujikawaguchiko

In Fujikawaguchiko, the summers are humid, warm, wet, and partly cloudy and the winters are cold, snowy, and mostly clear.

Best: late April to early November

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Fujikawaguchiko typically varies from -5°C to 27°C, and is rarely below -13°C or above 31°C. August is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Fujikawaguchiko for warm-weather activities is from late April to early November.

Hottest
Aug
27°
Coldest
Jan
-5°
Wettest
Sep
239 mm
Driest
Dec
74 mm
Rain / yr
1897 mm
169 wet days
Daylight
9.6–14.4 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
1,086 m
35.5°N
Clearest
Jan
40% cloud

Fujikawaguchiko is town in Minamitsuru district, Yamanashi prefecture, Japan.

Density
168/km²
people per km²
Founded
2003

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Fujikawaguchiko weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late April to early November.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Fujikawaguchiko, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 3.4 months, from June 13 to September 24, with daily high temperatures above 21°C. The hottest month of the year in Fujikawaguchiko is August, with an average high of 27°C and low of 19°C.

The cool season lasts 3.2 months, from December 7 to March 14, with daily high temperatures below 9°C. The coldest month of the year in Fujikawaguchiko is January, with an average low of -5°C and high of 5°C.

Days typically run about 9°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 10°C) in March.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan5-5
Feb6-4
Mar9-1
Apr155
May1910
Jun2215
Jul2619
Aug2719
Sep2316
Oct1810
Nov134
Dec7-1

How hot and cold Fujikawaguchiko really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -8°C (around January 29), with roughly 123 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C), worst in January.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan55-7-5
Feb56-7-4
Mar99-3-1
Apr151535
May19191010
Jun22221515
Jul26261919
Aug27271919
Sep23231616
Oct18181010
Nov131334
Dec77-3-1

Average hourly temperature in Fujikawaguchiko

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on August afternoons, near 27°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -5°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Fujikawaguchiko weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -5°7786.19.90.0
Feb / -4°889.46.510.70.3
Mar / -1°15514.25.911.71.8
Apr15° / 15413.81.212.94.0
May19° / 10°15814.3013.85.4
Jun22° / 15°21618.4014.45.0
Jul26° / 19°22419.6014.25.0
Aug27° / 19°16819013.35.2
Sep23° / 16°23916.9012.25.5
Oct18° / 10°23415.4011.15.0
Nov13° / 11011.30.110.13.5
Dec / -1°748.32.69.61.2

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Fujikawaguchiko gets about 1897 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is very wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 5.1 months, from around May 19 to Oct 20, peaking in June at about 67% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 1.

September is the wettest month by volume, with 239 mm over about 17 wet days; December is the driest, with 74 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJun 30 · 67%Jan 1 · 21%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan278
Feb349
Mar4514
Apr4614
May4614
Jun6218
Jul6420
Aug6119
Sep5717
Oct4915
Nov3711
Dec278

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Fujikawaguchiko collects about 1897 mm of rain across 169 wet days — roughly 158 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. September is the wettest month with 239 mm, while December is the driest at just 74 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 37% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

050100150200250300JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec778815515415821622416823923411074
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan7786
Feb8897
Mar155146
Apr154141
May158140
Jun216180
Jul224200
Aug168190
Sep239170
Oct234150
Nov110110
Dec7483

Snow in Fujikawaguchiko

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Fujikawaguchiko averages about 22 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Nov 25 to Apr 24 — about 5 months.

February is snowiest, with roughly 7 days of snow and an estimated 52 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 165 cm of snow.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonFeb 17
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan651
Feb752
Mar639
Apr19
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov01
Dec313

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Fujikawaguchiko, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around October 20 and lasts for 5.7 months, ending around April 11. The clearest month is January, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 69% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around April 12 and lasts for 6.3 months, ending around October 19. The cloudiest month is June, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 83% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecDec 31 · 76%Jun 22 · 14%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan6931
Feb6040
Mar4951
Apr4357
May3268
Jun1783
Jul2575
Aug3664
Sep3268
Oct4258
Nov5743
Dec6931

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 12, brings about 14 h 24 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 9 h 36 min — a swing of roughly 4 h 48 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.96:594:50
Feb10.76:405:20
Mar11.76:035:47
Apr12.95:196:12
May13.84:466:37
Jun14.44:346:57
Jul14.24:456:56
Aug13.35:096:30
Sep12.25:335:46
Oct11.15:585:03
Nov10.16:284:33
Dec9.66:534:30

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Fujikawaguchiko averages about 9 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 2 and 20 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.0 months, from around Oct 21 to Mar 20. The sunniest month is January, with roughly 18 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is June, down near 2 sunny days — about 86% fewer than the January peak.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedbrightbrilliantJan 120 daysJun 182 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan18Bright
Feb13Mixed
Mar10Mixed
Apr8Mixed
May6Gloomy
Jun2Gloomy
Jul4Gloomy
Aug6Gloomy
Sep5Gloomy
Oct9Mixed
Nov13Mixed
Dec17Bright

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Fujikawaguchiko, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.5 months, from around June 13 to September 28. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 95% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 29 to June 12, and April is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecApr 5 · 100%Aug 3 · 2%oppressivemuggydrycomfortablehumidcomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
Jan1000000
Feb1000000
Mar1000000
Apr982000
May8613200
Jun29372680
Jul0836523
Aug0521677
Sep172534241
Oct7717610
Nov991000
Dec1000000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Wind in Fujikawaguchiko is steady company: average speeds sit near 5 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmApr 10 · 6 km/hOct 30 · 5 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan6calm
Feb6calm
Mar6calm
Apr6calm
May6calm
Jun5calm
Jul5calm
Aug5calm
Sep5calm
Oct5calm
Nov5calm
Dec5calm

Hazard calendar for Fujikawaguchiko

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

Fujikawaguchiko sits in the Pacific typhoon belt; the season peaks July–October.

Pacific typhoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Best time to visit Fujikawaguchiko

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Fujikawaguchiko throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around early May, Fujikawaguchiko is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Fujikawaguchiko for general outdoor tourist activities is from late April to early November, with a peak score in the second week of September.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 12 · 5.6

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan0.1poor
Feb0.3poor
Mar1.8poor
Apr4.0fair
May5.4fair
Jun5.0fair
Jul5.0fair
Aug5.2fair
Sep5.4fair
Oct5.0fair
Nov3.5poor
Dec1.2poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Fujikawaguchiko for hot-weather activities is from late June to mid September, with a peak score in the first week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 3 · 5.2

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Fujikawaguchiko, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around August (highs near 27°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 5°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Fujikawaguchiko sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 19°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Fujikawaguchiko

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 41 km away) is warmest in August at about 27°C and coldest in February near 15°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 30 to Nov 23 — about 5.9 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan16Cool
Feb15Cool
Mar15Cool
Apr17Cool
May19Cool
Jun22Refreshing
Jul24Warm
Aug27Warm
Sep26Warm
Oct23Refreshing
Nov21Refreshing
Dec18Cool

UV index (midday) in Fujikawaguchiko by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Fujikawaguchiko peaks around July 16 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 23 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highModerateJul 16UV 10Dec 23UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7Very high
May9Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Average hourly UV index in Fujikawaguchiko

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb40
Mar5.50
Apr73.5
May85
Jun8.56
Jul8.56
Aug85.5
Sep74.5
Oct5.51
Nov30
Dec00

Air quality in Fujikawaguchiko by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Fujikawaguchiko is worst in April — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.4× the cleanest month (December, 10 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodApr 1623 µg/m³Dec 1610 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Good
Feb20Moderate
Mar20Moderate
Apr23Moderate
May20Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug12Good
Sep12Good
Oct12Good
Nov11Good
Dec10Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayTypical season (≥50%)

The growing season in Fujikawaguchiko typically lasts about 260 days, from around March 23 to December 7 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 14 to November 12.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonMar 2350%Apr 1490%Nov 1290%Dec 750%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1131
Feb1628
Mar4331
Apr8913
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov8518
Dec3431

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Fujikawaguchiko banks about 1,605 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

05001,0001,500JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr17
May141
Jun250
Jul381
Aug404
Sep287
Oct122
Nov3
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Fujikawaguchiko receives about 4.0 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.5 and 5.3 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.4 months, from around Mar 1 to Sep 10. The brightest month is May, averaging about 5.3 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.6 kWh/m² — roughly 51% less than the May peak.

0123456JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightMay 215.3 kWhDec 32.5 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan3.0Moderate
Feb3.7Moderate
Mar4.3Bright
Apr5.0Bright
May5.3Bright
Jun4.6Bright
Jul4.7Bright
Aug4.8Bright
Sep3.8Moderate
Oct3.1Moderate
Nov2.7Moderate
Dec2.5Moderate

Where is Fujikawaguchiko?

Fujikawaguchiko sits at 35.5°N, 138.7°E, 1,086 m above sea level, in Japan. The nearest listed city is Fujiyoshida, 11 km away.

Topography around Fujikawaguchiko

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Fujikawaguchiko.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Fujikawaguchiko has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 815 m around an average of 1,035 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,508 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,735 m.

The land around Fujikawaguchiko is covered by trees (83%) within 3 km, trees (80%) within 16 km, and trees (72%) within 80 km.

3 km
815 m
16 km
3,508 m
80 km
3,735 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Fujiyoshida 11 km · Fuefuki 17 km · Isawa 19 km · Yamanashi 20 km · Chūō 20 km · Shōwa 21 km · Tsuru 21 km · Kofu 23 km

Japan travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type A / B
100 V · 50 / 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 65% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$35,951
2025
Happiness
6.1 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
99%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.2
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
3.6
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 446
Religion
Shintoism 49%Buddhism 46%other 4%Christianity 1%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Fujikawaguchiko (35.4893°, 138.6883°, elevation 1,086 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).