Best time to visit Sasebo

The best time to visit Sasebo is October–November, judged on twenty years of weather records and the events worth going for.

Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan

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  • Good month
  • Best month
  • 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
January10.1 °C / 50 °F4.7 °C / 40 °F56 mm / 2.2 inneither best nor good
February11.4 °C / 53 °F5.3 °C / 42 °F86 mm / 3.4 inneither best nor good
March15 °C / 59 °F8.2 °C / 47 °F115 mm / 4.5 ingood month
April19.3 °C / 67 °F11.9 °C / 53 °F137 mm / 5.4 ingood month
May23.4 °C / 74 °F16.1 °C / 61 °F151 mm / 5.9 ingood month
June26 °C / 79 °F20.4 °C / 69 °F298 mm / 11.7 inneither best nor good
July29.8 °C / 86 °F24.8 °C / 77 °F276 mm / 10.9 inneither best nor good
August31.5 °C / 89 °F25.7 °C / 78 °F211 mm / 8.3 inneither best nor good
September28.3 °C / 83 °F22.5 °C / 73 °F179 mm / 7.1 inneither best nor good
October23.7 °C / 75 °F17.2 °C / 63 °F92 mm / 3.6 inbest month
November18 °C / 64 °F11.6 °C / 53 °F92 mm / 3.6 inbest month
December12.1 °C / 54 °F6.6 °C / 44 °F70 mm / 2.7 ingood month
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: good
  4. AApril: good
  5. MMay: good
  6. JJune: neither
  7. JJuly: neither
  8. AAugust: neither
  9. SSeptember: neither
  10. OOctober: best
  11. NNovember: best
  12. DDecember: good
Best
October–November
Good
March–May, December
Why these months
  • March · good

    In its favour: share of daylight that is sunny 67%, feels like (high) 12.8 °C / 55 °F, average daily high 15 °C / 59 °F, precipitation 115 mm / 4.5 in, wet days 10 days, relative humidity 67%, average daily low 8.2 °C / 47 °F, days with heavy rain 4.5 days.

  • April · good

    In its favour: feels like (high) 18.5 °C / 65 °F, average daily high 19.3 °C / 67 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 69%, average daily low 11.9 °C / 53 °F, wet days 10.2 days, relative humidity 68%.

    Against: precipitation 137 mm / 5.4 in, days with heavy rain 4.8 days.

  • May · good

    In its favour: feels like (high) 24.3 °C / 76 °F, average daily high 23.4 °C / 74 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 66%, wet days 9.4 days, average daily low 16.1 °C / 61 °F, relative humidity 72%.

    Against: precipitation 151 mm / 5.9 in, days with heavy rain 4.8 days.

  • October · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 23.7 °C / 75 °F, average daily high 23.7 °C / 75 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 75%, precipitation 92 mm / 3.6 in, wet days 6.9 days, days with heavy rain 2.6 days, average daily low 17.2 °C / 63 °F, relative humidity 70%.

  • November · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 16.1 °C / 61 °F, average daily high 18 °C / 64 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 71%, precipitation 92 mm / 3.6 in, wet days 7.7 days, days with heavy rain 2.6 days, average daily low 11.6 °C / 53 °F, relative humidity 68%.

  • December · good

    In its favour: share of daylight that is sunny 61%, precipitation 70 mm / 2.7 in, wet days 8.2 days, days with heavy rain 2.4 days, relative humidity 66%, average daily low 6.6 °C / 44 °F.

    Against: feels like (high) 8.9 °C / 48 °F, average daily high 12.1 °C / 54 °F.

An activity is listed only where it applies: skiing at ski destinations, beach and swimming at beach destinations. The nearest ski area is 女鹿平温泉めがひらスキー場, Megahiraonsen Megahira Ski Area, 266 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) 6.4 °C8.1 °C12.8 °C18.5 °C24.3 °C29 °C34.9 °C36.8 °C31.5 °C23.7 °C16.1 °C8.9 °C
Days with heavy rain 1.7 days3 days4.5 days4.8 days4.8 days8.3 days7.5 days5.5 days5.7 days2.6 days2.6 days2.4 days
Time rain usually falls 3 pm7 pm5 am8 am9 am11 am3 pm3 pm3 pm1 pm5 am5 pm
Sunshine per day 6.1 h7.1 h8.1 h8.9 h9.1 h7.2 h8.7 h10.1 h8.5 h8.5 h7.4 h6.1 h
Relative humidity 65%66%67%68%72%81%82%78%77%70%68%66%

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) 2022–202512.2 µg/m³11.2 µg/m³16.6 µg/m³18.5 µg/m³15.7 µg/m³15.2 µg/m³10.1 µg/m³9.4 µg/m³9.2 µg/m³8.3 µg/m³9.6 µg/m³8.8 µg/m³
Air pollution (PM2.5, daily peak) 2022–202520.5 µg/m³18.4 µg/m³25.9 µg/m³28.1 µg/m³23.8 µg/m³25.9 µg/m³16.2 µg/m³15.1 µg/m³15.1 µg/m³12.6 µg/m³15.4 µg/m³15.8 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).