Nagasaki weather by month

The best time to visit Nagasaki is April, October and November — 85/100 in October, 25°C and 9 rainy days. The best season is spring, March to May (77/100 on average).

The worst month is July at 49/100 — sweltering, soaked, clean air. See July →

Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis

Planning the wider trip? Best time to visit Japan →

Nagasaki🇯🇵 Japan · Mainland Japan · City85
  1. 65Jan
  2. 66Feb
  3. 72Mar
  4. 80Apr
  5. 78May
  6. 57Jun
  7. 49Jul
  8. 52Aug
  9. 60Sep
  10. 85Oct
  11. 81Nov
  12. 68Dec

Best season: March to May (77/100 on average) · worst July (49/100)

Days
25°C
Nights
17°C
Wet days
9
Sun
8.2 h
Humidity
73%
Daylight
11 h
Nagasaki, Japan
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Nagasaki, month by month

Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip Nagasaki is best for, the average high, rainy days and hours of sun a day from the climate normals, and how busy it tends to be.

MonthScoreTierHighRainSunCrowdsOn
Jan65C11°C10 d6 hPeak2
Feb66C12°C11 d7 hBusy2
Mar72B16°C11 d8 hPeak2
Apr80A21°C12 d9 hPeak2
May78B24°C11 d9 hPeak2
Jun57D27°C15 d7 hQuiet2
Jul49F31°C17 d9 hBusy2
Aug52D33°C14 d10 hPeak3
Sep60C30°C15 d9 hShoulder2
Oct85A25°C9 d8 hBusy3
Nov81A19°C9 d7 hBusy1
Dec68C13°C10 d6 hBusy1

What's on in Nagasaki through the year

Festivals, natural spectacles, holidays and the seasons to watch out for — curated and sourced. The month pages carry the detail.

January
  • Nagasaki Lantern Festival25 Jan – 5 Mar (usually)Festival
  • Gunkanjima landings are weather-called1 Jan – 31 DecRule
April
  • Golden Week29 Apr – 6 MayHoliday
June
  • Tsuyu rain season1 Jun – 20 Jul (usually)Season
August
  • Peace Memorial Ceremony9 AugHoliday
  • Typhoon season1 Aug – 5 Oct (usually)Hazard
October
  • Nagasaki Kunchi7–9 OctFestival

Everything on in Nagasaki through the year →

Crowds in Nagasaki in October

How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.

BusyNagasaki Kunchi, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it(estimated)

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Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet

Good to know before you go to Nagasaki

Real experiences from travellers' own write-ups, quoted with a link to the original.

Visas & entry

We stayed near Nagasaki Station specifically for the easy tram access, and a single tram ride ran a flat 140 yen the whole time we were there, cheap enough that we didn't bother with the day pass. We timed the Nagasaki Ropeway up to Mt Inasa Observatory for about ninety minutes before sunset, exactly as recommended, and watching the city lights come on over the scattered islands lived up to its reputation as one of Japan's best night views. The Atomic Bomb Museum and Peace Park gave the visit real weight, worth setting aside a full quiet morning rather than rushing through. A separate day trip out to the abandoned Hashima Island, nicknamed Gunkanjima, added an entirely different, almost eerie texture to the trip.
Emi W. · Read the original ↗

Traveller notes on Nagasaki

What people who have been say about the place — the year-round notes first, then month by month.

Forum posters consistently rate April as one of the best months to visit Japan, generally warm and springlike, though posters are direct that conditions can still turn variable enough to want a coat on some days, whether from cooler temperatures or rain. Posters describe typical April days as comfortable in shirtsleeves with a light jacket in the daypack for evenings, rather than requiring a heavy winter coat, and note that on a sunny day temperatures can climb into the mid-20sC. Posters discussing Kyushu specifically, where Nagasaki sits, describe the region as reliably warm by late March into April compared with much of the rest of Japan. Posters generally rate April as a comfortable, mild time to visit Nagasaki, with a light jacket the main packing recommendation for cooler mornings and evenings.
Tripadvisor community · April · 1 month ago · Read more on Tripadvisor ↗
October is widely rated one of Japan's two best months, and Kyushu — Nagasaki, Fukuoka, Kumamoto, Kagoshima — is the part of the country the forum points at when someone wants October warmth specifically. Nagasaki bears that out: days near 23°C and nights that stay unusually mild at about 18, well above what Honshu offers by then, with the sea still at 25°C. Early October runs warm and late October cools, so a light jacket for the evening covers it. The one risk worth planning around is typhoons, which can deliver a day or two of heavy rain before things return to normal.
Tripadvisor community · October · 1 month ago · Read more on Tripadvisor ↗

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