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Japan in April: where is it warmest?

In April, Naha, Okinawa is the warmest place with 23 °C by day, Sapporo the coolest with 10 °C. 22 of 33 destinations have good holiday weather.

All destinations in April, warmest first

Long-term averages for the month: daytime high, sea, sunshine and rainy days.

Place	Score	Air	Sea	Sun	Rain days
Naha, Okinawa	53	23°	23°	4 h	12
Okinawa	47	22°	23°	4 h	12
Kagoshima	73	20°	19°	6 h	12
Hamamatsu	76	19°	17°	7 h	12
Kumamoto	74	19°	16°	6 h	11
Nagoya	79	18°	–	7 h	10
Okayama	79	18°	14°	7 h	10
Kyoto	78	18°	–	6 h	10
Osaka	78	18°	–	6 h	10
Nara	78	18°	–	6 h	10
Fukuoka	75	18°	16°	6 h	11
Kitakyūshū	75	18°	16°	6 h	11
Nagasaki	71	18°	17°	6 h	11
Chiba	70	18°	15°	6 h	12
Minato	70	18°	15°	6 h	12
Kobe	74	17°	15°	7 h	11
Hiroshima	72	17°	14°	6 h	10
Tokyo	70	17°	15°	6 h	12
Kawasaki	68	17°	15°	6 h	12
Yokosuka	68	17°	17°	6 h	12
Shizuoka	67	17°	17°	7 h	14
Yokohama	66	17°	16°	6 h	12
Itsukushima	23	17°	14°	6 h	10
Kamakura	65	16°	17°	6 h	12
Kanazawa	64	16°	12°	6 h	12
Nagano	56	16°	–	7 h	15
Matsumoto	53	15°	–	7 h	14
Niigata	52	15°	11°	6 h	14
Sendai	57	14°	–	7 h	11
Hakone	53	14°	–	6 h	14
Aomori	47	13°	8°	6 h	12
Hakodate	35	10°	9°	6 h	10
Sapporo	34	10°	–	6 h	11

Japan in April: where is it warmest?

The warmest places in April are Naha, Okinawa (23 °C), Okinawa (22 °C) and Kagoshima (20 °C).

Japan in April: where is the sea warmest?

The sea is warmest at Naha, Okinawa (23 °C), Okinawa (23 °C) and Kagoshima (19 °C).

Japan in April: where is the weather best?

The best holiday weather in April – warm, sunny and dry – is in Nagoya, Okayama and Kyoto.

Climate averages 1996–2025, not a forecast. Data: Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-Land via Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0), NOAA OISST, WMO 1991–2020 (NOAA NCEI), GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sources & licences