Morioka weather in April

In April, Morioka sees average daytime highs of 11°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 92 mm of precipitation across 14 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 7°C in the first days to 14°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of April to 13 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Morioka's 2nd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Morioka's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 11°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 2°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 92 mm; 14 wet days
Daylight: 13 hours; 5:04 AM – 6:07 PM
Cloud cover: 64%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 4.98 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.3; out of 10

Morioka is city in Iwate Prefecture, Japan.

Density: 328/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1889

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

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 7°C in the first days to 14°C by the end.

A typical April day in Morioka reaches about 11°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 5°C and 16°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 7°C warmer than March and about 6°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)	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14
Avg low (°C)	-2	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5

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

How April really feels in Morioka

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 20 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.

Morioka 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	-1° / -9°	64	11.4	14.5	9.5	0.0
Feb	-0° / -9°	60	11.1	12.8	10.4	0.0
Mar	4° / -5°	93	14.7	12.6	11.7	0.1
Apr	11° / 2°	92	14	4.3	13	2.3
May	17° / 8°	94	12.8	0.3	14.2	4.8
Jun	20° / 13°	101	12.3	0	14.8	5.6
Jul	24° / 17°	148	16.3	0	14.5	5.6
Aug	25° / 18°	137	14.6	0	13.6	5.9
Sep	21° / 14°	137	12.4	0	12.3	5.8
Oct	15° / 6°	110	11.4	0.2	10.9	4.3
Nov	8° / 0°	78	13	4.3	9.8	1.3
Dec	2° / -6°	77	13.2	13.3	9.2	0.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 59%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	39	40	41	41	42	41	41	41	41	42	42	41	41	41	41	40	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	41	42	42	42	42	41	41
Cloudier (%)	61	60	59	59	58	59	59	59	59	58	58	59	59	59	59	60	60	60	60	60	59	59	59	59	58	58	58	58	59	59

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	40	60
3	41	59
4	41	59
5	42	58
6	41	59
7	41	59
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	42	58
11	42	58
12	41	59
13	41	59
14	41	59
15	41	59
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	41	59
22	41	59
23	41	59
24	41	59
25	42	58
26	42	58
27	42	58
28	42	58
29	41	59
30	41	59

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Morioka gets around 92 mm of rain and snow over 14 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 46% and peaks near 51% on the wettest days, and about 4 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	51	51	51	51	51	50	50	49	48	48	47	46	45	45	45	45	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	43	43	43
Snow chance (%)	28	27	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	12	11	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	5

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	51	28
2	51	27
3	51	26
4	51	25
5	51	24
6	50	23
7	50	22
8	49	21
9	48	20
10	48	19
11	47	18
12	46	17
13	45	16
14	45	15
15	45	14
16	45	13
17	44	12
18	44	12
19	44	11
20	44	10
21	44	9
22	44	9
23	44	8
24	44	8
25	44	7
26	44	7
27	44	6
28	43	6
29	43	6
30	43	5

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	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

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

Wind in April

Winds average 10 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of April to 13 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 5:28 AM to 4:44 AM, and sunset from 5:52 PM to 6:21 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)	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6
Sunrise (AM)	5:28	5:27	5:25	5:23	5:22	5:20	5:19	5:17	5:15	5:14	5:12	5:11	5:09	5:07	5:06	5:04	5:03	5:01	5:00	4:58	4:57	4:55	4:54	4:52	4:51	4:50	4:48	4:47	4:46	4:44
Sunset (PM)	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:21

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	5:28	5:52
2	12.4	5:27	5:53
3	12.5	5:25	5:54
4	12.5	5:23	5:55
5	12.6	5:22	5:56
6	12.6	5:20	5:57
7	12.7	5:19	5:58
8	12.7	5:17	5:59
9	12.7	5:15	6:00
10	12.8	5:14	6:01
11	12.8	5:12	6:02
12	12.9	5:11	6:03
13	12.9	5:09	6:04
14	13.0	5:07	6:05
15	13.0	5:06	6:06
16	13.0	5:04	6:07
17	13.1	5:03	6:08
18	13.1	5:01	6:09
19	13.2	5:00	6:10
20	13.2	4:58	6:11
21	13.3	4:57	6:12
22	13.3	4:55	6:13
23	13.3	4:54	6:14
24	13.4	4:52	6:15
25	13.4	4:51	6:16
26	13.5	4:50	6:17
27	13.5	4:48	6:18
28	13.5	4:47	6:19
29	13.6	4:46	6:20
30	13.6	4:44	6:21

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.98 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.9 kWh/m² to a high of 5.18 kWh/m² in May across the year — April's 4.98 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)	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2
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	4.7	Bright
2	4.7	Bright
3	4.8	Bright
4	4.8	Bright
5	4.8	Bright
6	4.8	Bright
7	4.8	Bright
8	4.9	Bright
9	4.9	Bright
10	4.9	Bright
11	4.9	Bright
12	4.9	Bright
13	4.9	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	5.0	Bright
16	5.0	Bright
17	5.0	Bright
18	5.0	Bright
19	5.0	Bright
20	5.0	Bright
21	5.0	Bright
22	5.1	Bright
23	5.1	Bright
24	5.1	Bright
25	5.1	Bright
26	5.1	Bright
27	5.2	Bright
28	5.2	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Morioka?

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

2.3

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Morioka.

What to pack for Morioka in April

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

In April, Morioka sees daytime highs around 11°C and nights near 2°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Morioka in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Morioka peaks around August 19 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	4	6	8	8	6	9	7	5	2	2
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	High	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	6	High
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	7	Very high
Oct	5	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Air quality in Morioka 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 Morioka is worst in April — around 20 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (December, 9 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	20	19	14	12	11	11	12	11	9
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	11	Good
Feb	14	Moderate
Mar	19	Moderate
Apr	20	Moderate
May	19	Moderate
Jun	14	Moderate
Jul	12	Moderate
Aug	11	Good
Sep	11	Good
Oct	12	Good
Nov	11	Good
Dec	9	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Morioka?

Morioka sits at 39.7°N, 141.2°E, 138 m above sea level, in Japan. The nearest listed city is Yahaba, 10 km away.

Topography around Morioka

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Morioka has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 237 m around an average of 142 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 852 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,987 m.

The land around Morioka is covered by artificial surfaces (66%) and trees (27%) within 3 km, trees (68%) within 16 km, and trees (86%) within 80 km.

3 km

237 m

artificial surfaces 66%

16 km

852 m

trees 68%

80 km

1,987 m

trees 86%

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

April weather nearby: Yahaba 10 km · Takizawa 12 km · Shizukuishi 14 km · Hizume 17 km · Hachimantai 22 km · Semboku 35 km · Hanamaki 35 km · Kitakami 46 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 Morioka (39.7°, 141.15°, elevation 138 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	7	-2
2	7	-1
3	7	-1
4	8	-1
5	8	-1
6	8	-1
7	8	0
8	9	0
9	9	0
10	9	0
11	10	1
12	10	1
13	10	1
14	10	1
15	11	2
16	11	2
17	11	2
18	11	2
19	12	3
20	12	3
21	12	3
22	12	3
23	13	3
24	13	4
25	13	4
26	13	4
27	14	4
28	14	5
29	14	5
30	14	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	40	60
3	41	59
4	41	59
5	42	58
6	41	59
7	41	59
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	42	58
11	42	58
12	41	59
13	41	59
14	41	59
15	41	59
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	41	59
22	41	59
23	41	59
24	41	59
25	42	58
26	42	58
27	42	58
28	42	58
29	41	59
30	41	59

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	51	28
2	51	27
3	51	26
4	51	25
5	51	24
6	50	23
7	50	22
8	49	21
9	48	20
10	48	19
11	47	18
12	46	17
13	45	16
14	45	15
15	45	14
16	45	13
17	44	12
18	44	12
19	44	11
20	44	10
21	44	9
22	44	9
23	44	8
24	44	8
25	44	7
26	44	7
27	44	6
28	43	6
29	43	6
30	43	5

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	40	60
3	41	59
4	41	59
5	42	58
6	41	59
7	41	59
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	42	58
11	42	58
12	41	59
13	41	59
14	41	59
15	41	59
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	41	59
22	41	59
23	41	59
24	41	59
25	42	58
26	42	58
27	42	58
28	42	58
29	41	59
30	41	59

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	51	28
2	51	27
3	51	26
4	51	25
5	51	24
6	50	23
7	50	22
8	49	21
9	48	20
10	48	19
11	47	18
12	46	17
13	45	16
14	45	15
15	45	14
16	45	13
17	44	12
18	44	12
19	44	11
20	44	10
21	44	9
22	44	9
23	44	8
24	44	8
25	44	7
26	44	7
27	44	6
28	43	6
29	43	6
30	43	5

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	40	60
3	41	59
4	41	59
5	42	58
6	41	59
7	41	59
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	42	58
11	42	58
12	41	59
13	41	59
14	41	59
15	41	59
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	41	59
22	41	59
23	41	59
24	41	59
25	42	58
26	42	58
27	42	58
28	42	58
29	41	59
30	41	59

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	51	28
2	51	27
3	51	26
4	51	25
5	51	24
6	50	23
7	50	22
8	49	21
9	48	20
10	48	19
11	47	18
12	46	17
13	45	16
14	45	15
15	45	14
16	45	13
17	44	12
18	44	12
19	44	11
20	44	10
21	44	9
22	44	9
23	44	8
24	44	8
25	44	7
26	44	7
27	44	6
28	43	6
29	43	6
30	43	5

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