Climate · Shima

Shima in April

Mild and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in Shima is mild: highs near 66°F, lows near 53°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 44 minutes from the first week to the last.April in Shima is mild: highs near 19°C, lows near 12°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 44 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
66°F19°Caverage
Low
53°F12°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 38% of days
Daylight
13h 01mon average

Is April a good time to visit Shima?


A good month, just outside Shima's best months, which run in two parts: May to June, 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 52°F to 87°F through the year.Highs near 19°C in April, against 11°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

38% of days in April, against 22% to 56% through the year.

Cloud cover

51% cover in April, against 30% to 69% through the year.

Daylight

13h 01m in April, against 9h 54m to 14h 24m 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. March58°14°low 45°low 7°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. April66°19°low 53°low 12°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. May73°23°low 61°low 16°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Shima sits, in April

Asia/Tokyo

this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
5:23 AMsets 6:23 PM
Above the sea
20 mlow-lying
Latitude
34.3°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Kyoto123 km north-west

The land around Shima, 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 Shima. 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.