Climate · Taketomi Island

Taketomi Island in January

Warm and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Taketomi Island is warm: highs near 72°F, lows near 64°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 14 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Taketomi Island is warm: highs near 22°C, lows near 18°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 14 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
72°F22°Caverage
Low
64°F18°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 65% of days
Daylight
10h 49mon average

Is January a good time to visit Taketomi Island?


Yes. January is one of Taketomi Island's best months (January to April).

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 January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 72°F in January, against 72°F to 88°F through the year.Highs near 22°C in January, against 22°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

65% of days in January, against 46% to 65% through the year.

Cloud cover

50% cover in January, against 45% to 79% through the year.

Daylight

10h 49m in January, against 10h 39m to 13h 37m through the year.

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

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  1. December74°23°low 67°low 19°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. January72°22°low 64°low 18°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. February72°22°low 64°low 18°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Taketomi Island sits, in January

Asia/Tokyo

this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
7:29 AMsets 6:16 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
24.3°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Miyakojima132 km north-east

The land around Taketomi Island, shaded by its typical high in January, 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 January

high · low · wet days

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 14 km north-east of Taketomi Island. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. 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.