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
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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, 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.
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
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)
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.
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.
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.
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