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Kyoto in April

Mild and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in Kyoto is mild: highs near 66°F, lows near 46°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 45 minutes from the first week to the last.April in Kyoto is mild: highs near 19°C, lows near 8°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 45 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
66°F19°Caverage
Low
46°F8°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 40% of days
Daylight
13h 02mon average

Is April a good time to visit Kyoto?

A good month, just outside Kyoto's best months, which run in two parts: May, or October.

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 66°F in April, against 49°F to 91°F through the year.Highs near 19°C in April, against 9°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

40% of days in April, against 27% to 59% through the year.

Cloud cover

55% cover in April, against 41% to 70% through the year.

Daylight

13h 02m in April, against 9h 50m to 14h 28m 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.

Either side

  1. March57°14°low 37°low 3°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. April66°19°low 46°low 8°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. May75°24°low 55°low 13°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Kyoto sits, in April

Asia/Tokyo
this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
5:26 AMsets 6:28 PM
Above the sea
50 mlow-lying
Latitude
35.0°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Osaka43 km south-west

The land around Kyoto, 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
See April on the planning mapThe whole year in Kyoto

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Kyoto. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (50 m) against the climate model's (144 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (50 m) against the climate model's (144 m). 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.