Best time to visit Nanao

Month-by-month weather averages for Nanao.

Nanao, Ishikawa, Japan

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  • Made good or best by an event
Average daily high and low temperature, average precipitation and each month's verdict
MonthAverage daily highAverage daily lowPrecipitationVerdict
January6.7 °C / 44 °F2.4 °C / 36 °F116 mm / 4.6 inneither best nor good
February7.5 °C / 46 °F2.4 °C / 36 °F98 mm / 3.9 inneither best nor good
March11.4 °C / 53 °F4.8 °C / 41 °F133 mm / 5.2 inneither best nor good
April16.3 °C / 61 °F9 °C / 48 °F133 mm / 5.2 ingood month
May21.9 °C / 71 °F14.5 °C / 58 °F115 mm / 4.5 ingood month
June25.7 °C / 78 °F19.6 °C / 67 °F146 mm / 5.8 ingood month
July29.8 °C / 86 °F24.1 °C / 75 °F232 mm / 9.1 inneither best nor good
August31.7 °C / 89 °F25.7 °C / 78 °F187 mm / 7.4 inneither best nor good
September27.3 °C / 81 °F21.9 °C / 71 °F208 mm / 8.2 inneither best nor good
October21.3 °C / 70 °F15.9 °C / 61 °F148 mm / 5.8 ingood month
November15.4 °C / 60 °F9.9 °C / 50 °F136 mm / 5.3 inneither best nor good
December9.5 °C / 49 °F4.8 °C / 41 °F160 mm / 6.3 inneither best nor good
Good and best months depend on more than temperature, rain and events. How they are chosen

Each activity on this page has its own good and best months, rated on twenty years of daily weather records. Which measures count, and how much, depends on the activity: humidity for exploring outdoors, wind for the beach, hiking and skiing, snow for skiing alone. Between them, the activities are rated on:

  • Daytime highs
  • Night-time lows
  • How warm it feels
  • Humidity
  • How much of the day is sunny
  • Hours of daylight
  • Monthly rainfall
  • How many days it rains
  • Days of heavy rain
  • Wind
  • Snowfall and days with snow
  • Major events, such as festivals

The chart shows the good and best months for exploring outdoors.

The event icon marks a month that an event lifts to good or best, such as a festival or a natural spectacle. Choose “Weather only” in the toolbar to rate the months on weather alone.

Best months by activity

Exploring outdoors

Mild days and nights, mostly dry and bright. The default for 'when should I go'.

  1. JJanuary: neither
  2. FFebruary: neither
  3. MMarch: neither
  4. AApril: good
  5. MMay: good
  6. JJune: good
  7. JJuly: neither
  8. AAugust: neither
  9. SSeptember: neither
  10. OOctober: good
  11. NNovember: neither
  12. DDecember: neither
Good
April–June, October
Why these months
  • April · good

    In its favour: share of daylight that is sunny 72%, feels like (high) 14.2 °C / 58 °F, average daily high 16.3 °C / 61 °F, relative humidity 67%, average daily low 9 °C / 48 °F.

    Against: precipitation 133 mm / 5.2 in, wet days 12.7 days, days with heavy rain 4.8 days.

  • May · good

    In its favour: feels like (high) 21.6 °C / 71 °F, average daily high 21.9 °C / 71 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 72%, precipitation 115 mm / 4.5 in, average daily low 14.5 °C / 58 °F, relative humidity 68%, wet days 11.1 days, days with heavy rain 4.4 days.

  • June · good

    In its favour: feels like (high) 27.8 °C / 82 °F, average daily high 25.7 °C / 78 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 71%, average daily low 19.6 °C / 67 °F, wet days 11.2 days, relative humidity 73%.

    Against: precipitation 146 mm / 5.8 in, days with heavy rain 4.5 days.

  • October · good

    In its favour: feels like (high) 20.9 °C / 70 °F, average daily high 21.3 °C / 70 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 74%, average daily low 15.9 °C / 61 °F, days with heavy rain 4.5 days, relative humidity 71%.

    Against: precipitation 148 mm / 5.8 in, wet days 12.8 days.

An activity is listed only where it applies: skiing at ski destinations, beach and swimming at beach destinations. The nearest ski area is Ushidake Onsen (牛岳温泉スキー場), 54 km away.

Weather averages

Monthly averages over twenty years, 2006–2025. Highs, lows and precipitation are in the chart at the top.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels like (high) 2.8 °C3.4 °C7.9 °C14.2 °C21.6 °C27.8 °C34.1 °C36.4 °C30 °C20.9 °C13.1 °C6 °C
Days with heavy rain 2.5 days2.6 days4.3 days4.8 days4.4 days4.5 days7.7 days4.8 days6.4 days4.5 days4.5 days4.8 days
Time rain usually falls 4 am2 pm4 am5 pm3 am9 am3 am8 am3 am3 pm3 pm4 am
Sunshine per day 7.5 h7.9 h9 h9.5 h10.1 h10.4 h9.9 h10.6 h8.9 h8.3 h7.4 h7 h
Relative humidity 72%70%67%67%68%73%76%73%74%71%71%73%

Air quality

Averaged over a shorter period (2022–2025) than the twenty-year averages above, and not counted towards good or best months.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Air pollution (PM2.5) 2022–20258.5 µg/m³9.9 µg/m³15.4 µg/m³17.7 µg/m³15 µg/m³15.7 µg/m³12.3 µg/m³9.1 µg/m³7.9 µg/m³8.5 µg/m³9.1 µg/m³6.9 µg/m³
Air pollution (PM2.5, daily peak) 2022–202513.6 µg/m³15.5 µg/m³23.5 µg/m³26.3 µg/m³21.9 µg/m³22.8 µg/m³17.5 µg/m³13 µg/m³11.2 µg/m³12 µg/m³14.9 µg/m³11.5 µg/m³
  • Good 15 µg/m³ or less
  • Fair 15 to 25 µg/m³
  • Moderate 25 to 37.5 µg/m³
  • Poor 37.5 to 50 µg/m³
  • Very poor 50 to 75 µg/m³
  • Extremely poor over 75 µg/m³

Each figure is compared with the World Health Organization's guideline for a day's air, 15 µg/m³ or less, and with its interim targets above that. The words are ours: the WHO does not name its steps. The figures are modelled monthly averages, so single days can be well above them. The daily peak is the average of each day's highest hour, shaded on the same scale.

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Monthly averages over 2006–2025, unless stated otherwise.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC-BY 4.0), generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5). City data from GeoNames (CC-BY 4.0). Air quality from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) and sea temperature from Météo-France / Copernicus Marine, both via Open-Meteo.com. Coastline from Natural Earth. Ski areas from OpenSkiMap.org, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Skimap.org. World Heritage sites from Wikidata (CC0), from the World Heritage List © UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Readership from Wikimedia pageview data (CC0). Destination classification derived from English Wikivoyage, © Wikivoyage contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).