Climate and average weather in Tōmi

In Tōmi, the summers are warm, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are cold, snowy, and partly cloudy.

Best: late April to late October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Tōmi typically varies from -6°C to 28°C, and is rarely below -13°C or above 32°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 Tōmi for warm-weather activities is from late April to late October.

Hottest
Aug
28°
Coldest
Jan
-6°
Wettest
Jul
161 mm
Driest
Dec
59 mm
Rain / yr
1251 mm
135 wet days
Daylight
9.5–14.5 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
639 m
36.4°N
Clearest
Dec
52% cloud

Tōmi is city in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.

Density
268/km²
people per km²
Founded
2004

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

Tōmi 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 late October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 3.6 months, from June 5 to September 23, with daily high temperatures above 22°C. The hottest month of the year in Tōmi is August, with an average high of 28°C and low of 19°C.

The cool season lasts 3.2 months, from December 6 to March 13, with daily high temperatures below 8°C. The coldest month of the year in Tōmi is January, with an average low of -6°C and high of 3°C.

Days typically run about 9°C warmer than nights year-round.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan3-6
Feb4-5
Mar8-2
Apr144
May209
Jun2314
Jul2618
Aug2819
Sep2415
Oct179
Nov122
Dec6-2

How hot and cold Tōmi 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 -10°C (around January 26), with roughly 139 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)
Jan33-9-6
Feb44-8-5
Mar88-4-2
Apr141424
May202099
Jun23231414
Jul27261818
Aug28281919
Sep23241515
Oct171789
Nov121212
Dec66-5-2

Average hourly temperature in Tōmi

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 -6°C.

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

Tōmi 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 / -6°629.810.19.80.0
Feb / -5°659.48.210.60.0
Mar / -2°10712.47.311.71.3
Apr14° / 10011.41.812.94.2
May20° / 10811.1013.96.1
Jun23° / 14°14113.7014.45.8
Jul26° / 18°16114.5014.25.7
Aug28° / 19°9811.5013.45.9
Sep24° / 15°13711.7012.26.3
Oct17° / 14310.8011.15.5
Nov12° / 7091.110.13.1
Dec / -2°599.679.60.5

Chance of rain

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

Tōmi gets about 1251 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 1.8 months, from around Jun 4 to Jul 27, peaking in July at about 55% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Nov 4.

July is the wettest month by volume, with 161 mm over about 15 wet days; December is the driest, with 59 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJul 1 · 55%Nov 4 · 29%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3210
Feb349
Mar3912
Apr3811
May3511
Jun4714
Jul4615
Aug3712
Sep4012
Oct3411
Nov309
Dec3110

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Tōmi collects about 1251 mm of rain across 135 wet days — roughly 104 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. July is the wettest month with 161 mm, while December is the driest at just 59 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 36% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100125150175200JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec6265107100108141161981371437059
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan621010
Feb6598
Mar107127
Apr100112
May108110
Jun141140
Jul161150
Aug98120
Sep137120
Oct143110
Nov7091
Dec59107

Snow in Tōmi

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.

Tōmi averages about 36 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Nov 8 to Apr 26 — about 5.6 months.

January is snowiest, with roughly 10 days of snow and an estimated 54 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 189 cm of snow.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonJan 22
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan1054
Feb853
Mar741
Apr211
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov13
Dec726

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Tōmi, 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 11 and lasts for 6.7 months, ending around May 2. The clearest month is December, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 59% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around May 3 and lasts for 5.3 months, ending around October 10. The cloudiest month is June, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 76% 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 · 61%Jun 26 · 19%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan5644
Feb5248
Mar5248
Apr4951
May4159
Jun2476
Jul2971
Aug4258
Sep4060
Oct5149
Nov5842
Dec5941

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 30 min of light; the shortest, around December 14, only 9 h 30 min — a swing of roughly 5 hours.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.87:034:49
Feb10.66:425:20
Mar11.76:055:48
Apr12.95:196:15
May13.94:456:41
Jun14.44:337:01
Jul14.24:457:00
Aug13.45:096:33
Sep12.25:345:48
Oct11.16:005:03
Nov10.16:314:33
Dec9.66:574:29

Sunny days

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

Tōmi averages about 8 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 3 and 13 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.2 months, from around Oct 11 to Feb 14. The sunniest month is November, with roughly 12 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is June, down near 4 sunny days — about 67% fewer than the November peak.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedbrightNov 213 daysJun 243 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan9Mixed
Feb8Mixed
Mar9Mixed
Apr9Mixed
May9Mixed
Jun4Gloomy
Jul5Gloomy
Aug7Gloomy
Sep7Gloomy
Oct10Mixed
Nov12Mixed
Dec11Mixed

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

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.2 months, from around June 20 to September 23. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 80% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 24 to June 19, 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 16 · 100%Aug 3 · 13%muggyhumiddrycomfortablecomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr100000
May96400
Jun5629141
Jul4245814
Aug3175624
Sep3531295
Oct90910
Nov100000
Dec100000

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 Tōmi is steady company: average speeds sit near 6 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmMar 14 · 7 km/hJul 30 · 5 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan6calm
Feb6calm
Mar7calm
Apr6calm
May6calm
Jun5calm
Jul5calm
Aug5calm
Sep5calm
Oct5calm
Nov5calm
Dec6calm

Best time to visit Tōmi

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around early May, Tōmi 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 Tōmi for general outdoor tourist activities is from late April to late October, with a peak score in the second week of September.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 14 · 6.4

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
Jan0.0poor
Feb0.0poor
Mar1.3poor
Apr4.1fair
May6.0good
Jun5.8good
Jul5.7good
Aug5.9good
Sep6.2good
Oct5.4fair
Nov3.1poor
Dec0.5poor

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

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 5 · 6.7

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 Tōmi, 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 and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 3°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Tōmi sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Tōmi 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 Tōmi peaks around July 18 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 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 highModerateJul 18UV 10Dec 22UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar5High
Apr7Very high
May9Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct6High
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Average hourly UV index in Tōmi

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 5.5 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
Jun8.55.5
Jul8.55.5
Aug85.5
Sep74.5
Oct5.50
Nov2.50
Dec00

Air quality in Tōmi 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 Tōmi is worst in April — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.3× the cleanest month (December, 8 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodApr 1918 µg/m³Dec 178 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb11Good
Mar17Moderate
Apr18Moderate
May17Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug12Good
Sep10Good
Oct10Good
Nov9Good
Dec8Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

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

The growing season in Tōmi typically lasts about 247 days, from around March 29 to November 30 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 20 to November 5.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonFeb 1710%Mar 2950%Apr 2090%Nov 590%Nov 3050%Dec 3010%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan831
Feb1028
Mar3131
Apr8219
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct990
Nov7625
Dec2331

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. Tōmi banks about 1,567 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
Apr11
May140
Jun256
Jul380
Aug411
Sep277
Oct92
Nov0
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.

Tōmi receives about 4.2 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.5 and 5.8 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.4 months, from around Feb 28 to Sep 9. The brightest month is May, averaging about 5.8 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.5 kWh/m² — roughly 56% less than the May peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseMay 225.8 kWhDec 92.5 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.9Moderate
Feb3.8Moderate
Mar4.8Bright
Apr5.5Bright
May5.8Bright
Jun5.2Bright
Jul5.0Bright
Aug5.1Bright
Sep4.0Bright
Oct3.3Moderate
Nov2.8Moderate
Dec2.5Moderate

Where is Tōmi?

Tōmi sits at 36.4°N, 138.4°E, 639 m above sea level, in Japan. The nearest listed city is Komoro, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Tōmi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tōmi has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 474 m around an average of 661 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,148 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,154 m.

The land around Tōmi is covered by trees (32%), artificial surfaces (28%) and cropland (25%) within 3 km, trees (61%) within 16 km, and trees (83%) within 80 km.

3 km
474 m
16 km
2,148 m
80 km
3,154 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Komoro 8.0 km · Ueda 9.0 km · Kamimaruko 9.0 km · Miyota 14 km · Saku 19 km · Sakaki 20 km · Karuizawa 24 km · Chikuma 31 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 Tōmi (36.3558°, 138.3609°, elevation 639 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).