The tables below give yearly averages for the number of sunny days and hours of sunshine at cities and towns throughout Japan. The count of days is for those with sunshine during at least 40 percent of the time between sunrise and sunset.
You can jump to a separate table for each section of the country: Hokkaidō, Tōhoku, Kantō, Chūbu, Kansai, Chūgoku Shikoku, Kyūshū and Okinawa.
These annual totals are long-term historical averages of weather data collected from 1981 to 2010.
Hokkaidō
Total annual sunshine
| Place |
Days |
Hours |
| Abashiri |
193 |
1869 |
| Asahikawa |
153 |
1591 |
| Hakodate |
178 |
1748 |
| Obihiro |
219 |
2033 |
| Sapporo |
172 |
1740 |
| Tomakomai |
186 |
1703 |
| Wakkanai |
137 |
1484 |
Tōhoku
Average amount of sunshine yearly
| Place |
Days |
Hours |
| Aomori |
149 |
1603 |
| Fukushima |
185 |
1739 |
| Iwaki |
214 |
2043 |
| Morioka |
176 |
1684 |
| Sendai |
192 |
1796 |
Kantō
Annual average sun
| Place |
Days |
Hours |
| Chiba |
197 |
1904 |
| Hachijo-jima Island |
141 |
1399 |
| Maebashi |
222 |
2111 |
| Nikko |
187 |
1767 |
| Tokyo |
197 |
1881 |
| Utsunomiya |
199 |
1911 |
| Yokohama |
205 |
1964 |
Chūbu
Number of sunny hours and days a year on average
| Place |
Days |
Hours |
| Aikawa, Sado Island |
154 |
1631 |
| Gifu |
218 |
2085 |
| Hamamatsu |
227 |
2208 |
| Kanazawa |
160 |
1681 |
| Nagano |
205 |
1940 |
| Nagoya |
218 |
2092 |
| Niigata |
155 |
1643 |
| Shizuoka |
219 |
2099 |
Kansai
Average total sunshine yearly
| Place |
Days |
Hours |
| Himeji |
218 |
2033 |
| Kobe |
214 |
1995 |
| Kyoto |
189 |
1775 |
| Nara |
191 |
1823 |
| Osaka |
212 |
1996 |
| Tsu |
220 |
2066 |
| Wakayama |
219 |
2089 |
Chūgoku
Annual average sunshine
| Place |
Days |
Hours |
| Fukuyama |
223 |
2096 |
| Hiroshima |
215 |
2042 |
| Kure |
219 |
2051 |
| Matsue |
165 |
1696 |
| Okayama |
219 |
2031 |
| Tottori |
162 |
1663 |
| Yamaguchi |
196 |
1895 |
Shikoku
Yearly sunshine totals
| Place |
Days |
Hours |
| Kochi |
226 |
2154 |
| Matsuyama |
208 |
2017 |
| Takamatsu |
216 |
2054 |
| Tokushima |
222 |
2093 |
Kyūshū
Amount of sun a year
| Place |
Days |
Hours |
| Fukuoka |
189 |
1867 |
| Kagoshima |
199 |
1936 |
| Kumamoto |
207 |
2002 |
| Miyazaki |
216 |
2116 |
| Nagasaki |
195 |
1866 |
| Oita |
209 |
2002 |
| Wadomari, Okinoerabu Island |
189 |
1881 |
| Yakushima Island Airport |
150 |
1531 |
Okinawa
Average sunshine annually
| Place |
Days |
Hours |
| Iriomote Island |
174 |
1736 |
| Ishigaki Island |
187 |
1850 |
| Kume |
181 |
1758 |
| Miyakojima |
184 |
1766 |
| Nago |
183 |
1764 |
| Naha |
184 |
1774 |
| Yonaguni Island |
157 |
1575 |