Climate · Karuizawa

Karuizawa in April

Cool and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in Karuizawa is cool: highs near 58°F, lows near 37°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 47 minutes from the first week to the last.April in Karuizawa is cool: highs near 14°C, lows near 3°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 47 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
58°F14°Caverage
Low
37°F3°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 47% of days
Daylight
13h 05mon average

Is April a good time to visit Karuizawa?


April sits outside Karuizawa's best months, which run from June to September. Expect cool days and rain on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How April sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 58°F in April, against 38°F to 82°F through the year.Highs near 14°C in April, against 3°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

47% of days in April, against 29% to 80% through the year.

Cloud cover

59% cover in April, against 56% to 73% through the year.

Daylight

13h 05m in April, against 9h 43m to 14h 36m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with April shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

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  1. March47°8°low 27°low -3°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. April58°14°low 37°low 3°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. May68°20°low 47°low 8°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Karuizawa sits, in April

Asia/Tokyo

this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
5:13 AMsets 6:18 PM
Above the sea
900 mupland
Latitude
36.3°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Nozawa Onsen65 km north

The land around Karuizawa, shaded by its typical high in April, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Japan in April

high · low · wet days

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Karuizawa. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.