Best time to visit Sekigahara

Month-by-month weather averages for Sekigahara.

Sekigahara, Gifu, 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
January7.8 °C / 46 °F0.6 °C / 33 °F58 mm / 2.3 inneither best nor good
February8.9 °C / 48 °F1 °C / 34 °F81 mm / 3.2 inneither best nor good
March13.1 °C / 56 °F3.9 °C / 39 °F136 mm / 5.4 inneither best nor good
April18.1 °C / 65 °F8.6 °C / 47 °F168 mm / 6.6 ingood month
May22.8 °C / 73 °F13.9 °C / 57 °F192 mm / 7.6 ingood month
June26.2 °C / 79 °F18.9 °C / 66 °F228 mm / 9 inneither best nor good
July30.1 °C / 86 °F23.6 °C / 74 °F301 mm / 11.8 inneither best nor good
August31.5 °C / 89 °F24.6 °C / 76 °F219 mm / 8.6 inneither best nor good
September27.7 °C / 82 °F20.9 °C / 70 °F233 mm / 9.2 inneither best nor good
October22.1 °C / 72 °F14.5 °C / 58 °F179 mm / 7 ingood month
November16.2 °C / 61 °F8.3 °C / 47 °F89 mm / 3.5 ingood month
December10.3 °C / 51 °F3.1 °C / 38 °F75 mm / 2.9 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: neither
  7. JJuly: neither
  8. AAugust: neither
  9. SSeptember: neither
  10. OOctober: good
  11. NNovember: good
  12. DDecember: neither
Good
April–May, October–November
Why these months
  • April · good

    In its favour: feels like (high) 16.6 °C / 62 °F, average daily high 18.1 °C / 65 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 69%, average daily low 8.6 °C / 47 °F, relative humidity 68%.

    Against: precipitation 168 mm / 6.6 in, days with heavy rain 5.2 days, wet days 12.2 days.

  • May · good

    In its favour: feels like (high) 23 °C / 73 °F, average daily high 22.8 °C / 73 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 68%, average daily low 13.9 °C / 57 °F, relative humidity 71%.

    Against: precipitation 192 mm / 7.6 in, days with heavy rain 6.3 days, wet days 12.2 days.

  • October · good

    In its favour: feels like (high) 22.3 °C / 72 °F, average daily high 22.1 °C / 72 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 72%, average daily low 14.5 °C / 58 °F, wet days 10.8 days, relative humidity 76%.

    Against: precipitation 179 mm / 7 in, days with heavy rain 5.6 days.

  • November · good

    In its favour: share of daylight that is sunny 76%, feels like (high) 14.3 °C / 58 °F, average daily high 16.2 °C / 61 °F, precipitation 89 mm / 3.5 in, wet days 7.8 days, days with heavy rain 3 days, average daily low 8.3 °C / 47 °F, relative humidity 75%.

An activity is listed only where it applies: skiing at ski destinations, beach and swimming at beach destinations. The nearest ski area is グランスノー奥伊吹, Gransnow Okuibuki, 17 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) 3.7 °C5 °C10.2 °C16.6 °C23 °C28.5 °C34.9 °C36.6 °C30.8 °C22.3 °C14.3 °C6.9 °C
Days with heavy rain 2 days2.7 days5 days5.2 days6.3 days7.5 days9.2 days6.3 days6.9 days5.6 days3 days2.4 days
Time rain usually falls 12 pm11 am3 pm3 pm1 am3 pm3 pm3 pm3 pm3 pm3 pm1 am
Sunshine per day 8.4 h8.3 h8.9 h9 h9.6 h8.9 h9.3 h10.4 h8.8 h8.1 h7.8 h8 h
Relative humidity 72%70%68%68%71%77%80%78%79%76%75%75%

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) 2022–202510.3 µg/m³10.9 µg/m³16.1 µg/m³18.4 µg/m³14.4 µg/m³17.3 µg/m³16.7 µg/m³12.9 µg/m³12 µg/m³10.3 µg/m³11.4 µg/m³10.1 µg/m³
Air pollution (PM2.5, daily peak) 2022–202518.8 µg/m³18.4 µg/m³26.3 µg/m³30 µg/m³22.6 µg/m³28.5 µg/m³27.2 µg/m³20.9 µg/m³20 µg/m³17.8 µg/m³20.1 µg/m³18.9 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).