Average Annual Temperatures in Japan

Average annual temperatures for cities and towns throughout Japan are listed below in degrees Celsius and Fahrenheit.

You can jump to a separate table for each section of the country: Hokkaidō, Tōhoku, Kantō, Chūbu, Kansai, Chūgoku Shikoku, Kyūshū and Okinawa.

The tables give the long-term historical averages for maximum and minimum yearly temperatures based on weather data collected from 1981 to 2010.

Hokkaidō

Average annual temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
51 37 Abashiri 10 3
53 36 Asahikawa 12 2
56 41 Hakodate 13 5
54 35 Obihiro 12 2
55 42 Sapporo 13 5
53 39 Tomakomai 11 4
49 40 Wakkanai 9 4

Tōhoku

Temperatures averages for the year
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
58 44 Aomori 15 7
64 48 Fukushima 18 9
63 50 Iwaki 17 10
59 43 Morioka 15 6
62 48 Sendai 16 9

Kantō

Annual average temperature
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
67 54 Chiba 20 12
69 59 Hachijo-jima Island 21 15
67 51 Maebashi 20 10
52 37 Nikko 11 3
68 55 Tokyo 20 13
66 49 Utsunomiya 19 9
67 55 Yokohama 20 13

Chūbu

Average yearly temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
63 51 Aikawa, Sado Island 17 11
69 53 Gifu 21 12
69 55 Hamamatsu 21 13
65 52 Kanazawa 19 11
63 46 Nagano 17 8
69 53 Nagoya 21 12
64 51 Niigata 18 11
70 55 Shizuoka 21 13

Kansai

Average annual temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
68 51 Himeji 20 11
68 57 Kobe 20 14
69 53 Kyoto 21 12
69 51 Nara 20 10
70 56 Osaka 21 13
68 55 Tsu 20 13
69 55 Wakayama 21 13

Chūgoku

Temperatures averages for the year
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
69 51 Fukuyama 20 11
70 54 Hiroshima 21 12
68 55 Kure 20 13
67 52 Matsue 19 11
69 54 Okayama 21 12
67 51 Tottori 20 11
69 52 Yamaguchi 21 11

Shikoku

Average annual temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
71 55 Kochi 22 13
69 55 Matsuyama 21 13
69 54 Takamatsu 21 12
69 55 Tokushima 21 13

Kyūshū

Annual average temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
70 56 Fukuoka 21 14
73 59 Kagoshima 23 15
72 55 Kumamoto 22 13
72 56 Miyazaki 22 13
70 57 Nagasaki 21 14
69 54 Oita 21 12
77 68 Wadomari, Okinoerabu Island 25 20
73 61 Yakushima Island Airport 23 16

Okinawa

Average yearly temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
80 71 Iriomote Island 26 21
80 72 Ishigaki Island 27 22
78 69 Kume 26 21
79 71 Miyakojima 26 22
78 68 Nago 26 20
78 69 Naha 26 21
79 71 Yonaguni Island 26 22
Reference

Japan Meteorological Agency. Historical weather data retrieval.

Japan Temperatures
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