Climate and average weather in Kamigotō

In Kamigotō, the summers are oppressive, warm, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are cool, windy, and mostly cloudy.

Best: mid July to mid November

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Kamigotō typically varies from 8°C to 28°C, and is rarely below 4°C or above 29°C. August is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Kamigotō for warm-weather activities are from early May to mid June and mid July to mid November.

Hottest
Aug
28°
Coldest
Jan
Wettest
Jun
297 mm
Driest
Feb
80 mm
Rain / yr
1735 mm
128 wet days
Daylight
9.8–14.2 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
45 m
33.0°N
Clearest
Oct
46% cloud

Kamigotō 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 mid July to mid November.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 3.3 months, from June 25 to October 3, with daily high temperatures above 23°C. The hottest month of the year in Kamigotō is August, with an average high of 28°C and low of 26°C.

The cool season lasts 3.3 months, from December 11 to March 21, with daily high temperatures below 14°C. The coldest month of the year in Kamigotō is January, with an average low of 8°C and high of 11°C.

Days typically run about 2°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan118
Feb118
Mar1311
Apr1614
May1918
Jun2221
Jul2625
Aug2826
Sep2524
Oct2220
Nov1815
Dec1311

How hot and cold Kamigotō 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 hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Kamigotō feels like about 33°C (around August 7). About 18 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in August.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan111148
Feb111158
Mar13131011
Apr16161414
May19191818
Jun22222121
Jul27262525
Aug32282626
Sep25252424
Oct22222020
Nov18181515
Dec1313911

Average hourly temperature in Kamigotō

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 28°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near C.

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

Kamigotō weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan11° / 8312.310.12.4
Feb11° / 8010.410.82.6
Mar13° / 11°1291111.73.7
Apr16° / 14°1459.912.85.1
May19° / 18°1479.213.76.2
Jun22° / 21°29713.614.15.9
Jul26° / 25°22611.8146.3
Aug28° / 26°15911.913.26.2
Sep25° / 24°17811.412.26.6
Oct22° / 20°1147.411.27.2
Nov18° / 15°968.910.35.8
Dec13° / 11°8210.39.93.7

Chance of rain

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

Kamigotō gets about 1735 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 1.3 months, from around Jun 8 to Jul 17, peaking in June at about 56% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Oct 13.

June is the wettest month by volume, with 297 mm over about 14 wet days; February is the driest, with 80 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJun 27 · 56%Oct 13 · 24%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3912
Feb3810
Mar3511
Apr3310
May309
Jun4414
Jul3912
Aug3812
Sep3711
Oct257
Nov299
Dec3310

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Kamigotō collects about 1735 mm of rain across 128 wet days — roughly 145 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. June is the wettest month with 297 mm, while February is the driest at just 80 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 40% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300350JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec83801291451472972261591781149682
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan8312
Feb8010
Mar12911
Apr14510
May1479
Jun29714
Jul22612
Aug15912
Sep17811
Oct1147
Nov969
Dec8210

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Kamigotō, 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 July 19 and lasts for 4.5 months, ending around December 2. The clearest month is October, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 61% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around May 27 and lasts for 1.7 months, ending around July 18. The cloudiest month is January, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 74% 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecOct 14 · 64%Jun 27 · 22%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan2674
Feb3367
Mar4357
Apr4654
May4357
Jun2971
Jul3961
Aug5248
Sep5446
Oct6139
Nov4852
Dec3664

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 14, brings about 14 h 12 min of light; the shortest, around December 14, only 9 h 48 min — a swing of roughly 4 h 24 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan10.17:325:34
Feb10.87:156:02
Mar11.76:416:26
Apr12.85:596:48
May13.75:297:11
Jun14.15:197:29
Jul14.05:307:29
Aug13.25:517:05
Sep12.26:126:24
Oct11.26:345:44
Nov10.37:015:17
Dec9.97:255:15

Sunny days

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

Kamigotō averages about 9 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 3 and 15 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.1 months, from around Jul 18 to Nov 19. The sunniest month is October, with roughly 15 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is January, down near 4 sunny days — about 75% fewer than the October peak.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightOct 1415 daysJan 173 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan4Gloomy
Feb6Gloomy
Mar9Mixed
Apr10Mixed
May10Mixed
Jun6Gloomy
Jul9Mixed
Aug12Mixed
Sep12Mixed
Oct15Mixed
Nov10Mixed
Dec6Gloomy

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 Kamigotō, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 5.1 months, from around May 13 to October 13. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 100% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 14 to May 12, and January 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 11 · 100%Jul 8 · 0%miserableoppressivemuggyhumiddrycomfortablecomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan9910000
Feb9730000
Mar9370000
Apr66249100
May2030391100
Jun142645232
Jul001114048
Aug00162766
Sep2916283114
Oct3229231240
Nov76148200
Dec9731000

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.

Across the year, average wind speed in Kamigotō is typically breezy, near 24 km/h, and varies a lot with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.8 months, from around Sep 16 to Apr 9. The windiest month is January, averaging about 29 km/h (windy).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 10 to Sep 15, with June the calmest month at about 19 km/h.

05101520253035JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezebreezywindyJan 17 · 29 km/hJun 6 · 18 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan29windy
Feb28breezy
Mar27breezy
Apr24breezy
May20breezy
Jun19light breeze
Jul20breezy
Aug21breezy
Sep24breezy
Oct26breezy
Nov26breezy
Dec28breezy

Hazard calendar for Kamigotō

In seasonPeak

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

Kamigotō 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 Kamigotō

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late July, Kamigotō 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 times of year to visit Kamigotō for general outdoor tourist activities run from early May to mid June and again from mid July to mid November, with a peak score in the second week of October.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationOct 10 · 7.4

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
Jan2.4poor
Feb2.6poor
Mar3.7fair
Apr5.1fair
May6.2good
Jun5.9good
Jul6.3good
Aug6.2good
Sep6.7good
Oct7.2good
Nov5.8good
Dec3.7fair

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 Kamigotō for hot-weather activities is from mid July to early October, with a peak score in the first week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 1 · 6.9

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 Kamigotō, 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 28°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear, sun protection and a windbreaker. In the cold season around January (highs near 11°C), pack a warm layer, rain gear and a windbreaker.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Kamigotō sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear, sun protection and a windbreaker. About 12 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Kamigotō

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 13 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 28 to Dec 2 — about 6.2 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan17Cool
Feb15Cool
Mar16Cool
Apr17Cool
May19Cool
Jun22Refreshing
Jul25Warm
Aug27Warm
Sep26Warm
Oct24Refreshing
Nov21Refreshing
Dec19Cool

UV index (midday) in Kamigotō 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 Kamigotō peaks around July 14 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highVery highModerateJul 14UV 10Dec 21UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7Very high
May8Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug8Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Average hourly UV index in Kamigotō

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)
Jan20
Feb40
Mar5.50
Apr73.5
May7.54.5
Jun85.5
Jul8.56
Aug7.54.5
Sep7.54.5
Oct5.51.5
Nov3.50
Dec00

Air quality in Kamigotō 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 Kamigotō is worst in April — around 24 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.3× the cleanest month (July, 10 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateApr 1023 µg/m³Jul 2310 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan16Moderate
Feb19Moderate
Mar23Moderate
Apr24Moderate
May20Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul10Good
Aug11Good
Sep11Good
Oct11Good
Nov14Moderate
Dec12Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Kamigotō is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

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. Kamigotō banks about 2,867 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

01,0002,0003,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan1
Feb4
Mar63
Apr155
May263
Jun349
Jul476
Aug525
Sep440
Oct337
Nov195
Dec59

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.

Kamigotō receives about 4.1 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.1 and 5.8 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.7 months, from around Mar 12 to Oct 2. The brightest month is July, averaging about 5.4 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.1 kWh/m² — roughly 60% less than the July peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJul 285.8 kWhDec 172.1 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.2Moderate
Feb3.1Moderate
Mar4.3Bright
Apr5.3Bright
May5.6Bright
Jun5.0Bright
Jul5.4Bright
Aug5.4Bright
Sep4.4Bright
Oct3.8Moderate
Nov2.7Moderate
Dec2.1Moderate

Where is Kamigotō?

Kamigotō sits at 33.0°N, 129.1°E, 45 m above sea level, in Japan. The nearest listed city is Fukuechō, 39 km away.

Topography around Kamigotō

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kamigotō has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 369 m around an average of 84 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 438 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 762 m.

The land around Kamigotō is covered by trees (73%) within 3 km, water (75%) and trees (24%) within 16 km, and water (86%) within 80 km.

3 km
369 m
16 km
438 m
80 km
762 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Fukuechō 39 km · Gotō 42 km · Saikai 56 km · Hirado 61 km · Sasebo 63 km · Matsuura 69 km · Togitsu 73 km · Obita 77 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 Kamigotō (32.9833°, 129.0833°, elevation 45 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).