Hokuto weather in April

In April, Hokuto sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 121 mm of precipitation across 12.6 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 11°C in the first days to 16°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of April to 13 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Hokuto's 7th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Hokuto's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 3°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 121 mm; 12.6 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 54 min; 5:19 AM – 6:14 PM
Cloud cover: 62%; 7th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 5.27 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.5; out of 10

← March Hokuto year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 11°C in the first days to 16°C by the end.

A typical April day in Hokuto reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 6°C warmer than March and about 5°C cooler than May.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	10	0
2	10	1
3	11	1
4	11	1
5	11	1
6	11	1
7	12	2
8	12	2
9	12	2
10	12	2
11	12	2
12	13	3
13	13	3
14	13	3
15	13	3
16	13	3
17	14	4
18	14	4
19	14	4
20	14	4
21	14	4
22	15	5
23	15	5
24	15	5
25	15	5
26	15	5
27	16	6
28	16	6
29	16	6
30	16	6

How April really feels in Hokuto

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 8 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in April is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Hokuto weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	2° / -7°	64	6.8	7	9.8	0.0
Feb	3° / -6°	72	7.9	6.5	10.6	0.0
Mar	7° / -3°	125	12.8	7.6	11.7	0.9
Apr	13° / 3°	121	12.6	2.1	12.9	3.5
May	18° / 9°	130	12.8	0.1	13.9	5.4
Jun	21° / 13°	177	16.3	0	14.4	5.2
Jul	25° / 17°	199	17.4	0	14.2	5.4
Aug	26° / 18°	139	16.8	0	13.4	5.6
Sep	22° / 15°	185	14.6	0	12.2	5.7
Oct	17° / 8°	186	13	0	11.1	4.9
Nov	11° / 2°	85	9.2	0.5	10.1	2.8
Dec	5° / -3°	60	7.4	4.2	9.6	0.3

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 55%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	48	48	48	49	49	47	47	47	47	47	47	46	45	45	45	44	43	43	43	44	43	44	44	44	43	44	44	44	44	44
Cloudier (%)	52	52	52	51	51	53	53	53	53	53	53	54	55	55	55	56	57	57	57	56	57	56	56	56	57	56	56	56	56	56

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	49	51
5	49	51
6	47	53
7	47	53
8	47	53
9	47	53
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	46	54
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	44	56
17	43	57
18	43	57
19	43	57
20	44	56
21	43	57
22	44	56
23	44	56
24	44	56
25	43	57
26	44	56
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	44	56
30	44	56

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Hokuto gets around 121 mm of rain and snow over 12.6 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 42% and peaks near 44% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	42	42	41	41	41	41	41	41	42	42	42	42	43	43	43	43	44	44	44	44	43	43	43	43	42	42	41	41	40	40
Snow chance (%)	16	15	14	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	42	16
2	42	15
3	41	14
4	41	13
5	41	12
6	41	12
7	41	11
8	41	11
9	42	10
10	42	10
11	42	9
12	42	9
13	43	8
14	43	8
15	43	8
16	43	7
17	44	7
18	44	6
19	44	6
20	44	5
21	43	5
22	43	4
23	43	4
24	43	3
25	42	3
26	42	2
27	41	2
28	41	2
29	40	1
30	40	1

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of April feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, April lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1

Wind in April

Winds average 6 km/h in April, the windiest month of the year.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of April to 13 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 5:41 AM to 5:02 AM, and sunset from 6:01 PM to 6:26 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4
Sunrise (AM)	5:41	5:39	5:38	5:36	5:35	5:34	5:32	5:31	5:29	5:28	5:26	5:25	5:24	5:22	5:21	5:19	5:18	5:17	5:15	5:14	5:13	5:11	5:10	5:09	5:08	5:06	5:05	5:04	5:03	5:02
Sunset (PM)	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	5:41	6:01
2	12.4	5:39	6:02
3	12.4	5:38	6:03
4	12.5	5:36	6:04
5	12.5	5:35	6:05
6	12.5	5:34	6:05
7	12.6	5:32	6:06
8	12.6	5:31	6:07
9	12.6	5:29	6:08
10	12.7	5:28	6:09
11	12.7	5:26	6:10
12	12.8	5:25	6:10
13	12.8	5:24	6:11
14	12.8	5:22	6:12
15	12.9	5:21	6:13
16	12.9	5:19	6:14
17	12.9	5:18	6:15
18	13.0	5:17	6:16
19	13.0	5:15	6:16
20	13.1	5:14	6:17
21	13.1	5:13	6:18
22	13.1	5:11	6:19
23	13.2	5:10	6:20
24	13.2	5:09	6:21
25	13.2	5:08	6:22
26	13.3	5:06	6:22
27	13.3	5:05	6:23
28	13.3	5:04	6:24
29	13.4	5:03	6:25
30	13.4	5:02	6:26

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.27 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.63 kWh/m² to a high of 5.51 kWh/m² in May across the year — April's 5.27 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.0	Bright
2	5.1	Bright
3	5.1	Bright
4	5.1	Bright
5	5.1	Bright
6	5.1	Bright
7	5.2	Bright
8	5.2	Bright
9	5.2	Bright
10	5.2	Bright
11	5.2	Bright
12	5.2	Bright
13	5.2	Bright
14	5.2	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
16	5.2	Bright
17	5.3	Bright
18	5.3	Bright
19	5.3	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.3	Bright
24	5.4	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.4	Bright
28	5.4	Bright
29	5.5	Bright
30	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Hokuto?

Our two travel scores rate April for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.5

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.1

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Hokuto.

What to pack for Hokuto in April

From April's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In April, Hokuto sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 3°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Hokuto in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Hokuto peaks around July 14 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 2 (moderate).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	4	6	7	9	10	11	9	9	6	4	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	7	Very high
May	9	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Air quality in Hokuto in April

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where April falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Hokuto is worst in April — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (December, 10 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	11	14	19	21	20	18	15	14	13	12	11	10
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	11	Good
Feb	14	Moderate
Mar	19	Moderate
Apr	21	Moderate
May	20	Moderate
Jun	18	Moderate
Jul	15	Moderate
Aug	14	Moderate
Sep	13	Moderate
Oct	12	Moderate
Nov	11	Good
Dec	10	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Hokuto?

Hokuto sits at 35.8°N, 138.4°E, 715 m above sea level, in Japan. The nearest listed city is Nirasaki, 16 km away.

Topography around Hokuto

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Hokuto has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 285 m around an average of 736 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,526 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,732 m.

The land around Hokuto is covered by cropland (35%) and trees (33%) within 3 km, trees (78%) within 16 km, and trees (86%) within 80 km.

3 km

285 m

cropland 35%

16 km

2,526 m

trees 78%

80 km

3,732 m

trees 86%

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← March Hokuto year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Nirasaki 16 km · Kai 20 km · Ryūō 23 km · Kofu 24 km · Minami-Alps 25 km · Minamiarupusu 26 km · Shōwa 26 km · Chino 28 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

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 Hokuto (35.8346°, 138.3961°, elevation 715 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. 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	10	0
2	10	1
3	11	1
4	11	1
5	11	1
6	11	1
7	12	2
8	12	2
9	12	2
10	12	2
11	12	2
12	13	3
13	13	3
14	13	3
15	13	3
16	13	3
17	14	4
18	14	4
19	14	4
20	14	4
21	14	4
22	15	5
23	15	5
24	15	5
25	15	5
26	15	5
27	16	6
28	16	6
29	16	6
30	16	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	49	51
5	49	51
6	47	53
7	47	53
8	47	53
9	47	53
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	46	54
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	44	56
17	43	57
18	43	57
19	43	57
20	44	56
21	43	57
22	44	56
23	44	56
24	44	56
25	43	57
26	44	56
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	44	56
30	44	56

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	42	16
2	42	15
3	41	14
4	41	13
5	41	12
6	41	12
7	41	11
8	41	11
9	42	10
10	42	10
11	42	9
12	42	9
13	43	8
14	43	8
15	43	8
16	43	7
17	44	7
18	44	6
19	44	6
20	44	5
21	43	5
22	43	4
23	43	4
24	43	3
25	42	3
26	42	2
27	41	2
28	41	2
29	40	1
30	40	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	10	0
2	10	1
3	11	1
4	11	1
5	11	1
6	11	1
7	12	2
8	12	2
9	12	2
10	12	2
11	12	2
12	13	3
13	13	3
14	13	3
15	13	3
16	13	3
17	14	4
18	14	4
19	14	4
20	14	4
21	14	4
22	15	5
23	15	5
24	15	5
25	15	5
26	15	5
27	16	6
28	16	6
29	16	6
30	16	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	49	51
5	49	51
6	47	53
7	47	53
8	47	53
9	47	53
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	46	54
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	44	56
17	43	57
18	43	57
19	43	57
20	44	56
21	43	57
22	44	56
23	44	56
24	44	56
25	43	57
26	44	56
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	44	56
30	44	56

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	42	16
2	42	15
3	41	14
4	41	13
5	41	12
6	41	12
7	41	11
8	41	11
9	42	10
10	42	10
11	42	9
12	42	9
13	43	8
14	43	8
15	43	8
16	43	7
17	44	7
18	44	6
19	44	6
20	44	5
21	43	5
22	43	4
23	43	4
24	43	3
25	42	3
26	42	2
27	41	2
28	41	2
29	40	1
30	40	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	10	0
2	10	1
3	11	1
4	11	1
5	11	1
6	11	1
7	12	2
8	12	2
9	12	2
10	12	2
11	12	2
12	13	3
13	13	3
14	13	3
15	13	3
16	13	3
17	14	4
18	14	4
19	14	4
20	14	4
21	14	4
22	15	5
23	15	5
24	15	5
25	15	5
26	15	5
27	16	6
28	16	6
29	16	6
30	16	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	49	51
5	49	51
6	47	53
7	47	53
8	47	53
9	47	53
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	46	54
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	44	56
17	43	57
18	43	57
19	43	57
20	44	56
21	43	57
22	44	56
23	44	56
24	44	56
25	43	57
26	44	56
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	44	56
30	44	56

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	42	16
2	42	15
3	41	14
4	41	13
5	41	12
6	41	12
7	41	11
8	41	11
9	42	10
10	42	10
11	42	9
12	42	9
13	43	8
14	43	8
15	43	8
16	43	7
17	44	7
18	44	6
19	44	6
20	44	5
21	43	5
22	43	4
23	43	4
24	43	3
25	42	3
26	42	2
27	41	2
28	41	2
29	40	1
30	40	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1