Nagoya weather by month
The best time to visit Nagoya is April, May and October — 85/100 in May, 25°C and 11 rainy days. The best season is spring, March to May (80/100 on average).
The worst month is July at 54/100 — sweltering, soaked, muggy air. See July →
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
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Best season: March to May (80/100 on average) · worst July (54/100)
- Days
- 25°C
- Nights
- 15°C
- Wet days
- 11
- Sun
- 9 h
- Humidity
- 75%
- Daylight
- 14 h

Nagoya, month by month
Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip Nagoya 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 Nagoya through the year
Festivals, natural spectacles, holidays and the seasons to watch out for — curated and sourced. The month pages carry the detail.
- February
- Konomiya Hadaka Matsuri10 Feb – 10 Mar (usually)Festival
- March
- Cherry blossom25 Mar – 10 Apr (usually)Nature
- April
- Golden Week29 Apr – 6 MayHoliday
- June
- Tsuyu rain season5 Jun – 20 Jul (usually)Season
- July
- Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament5–25 Jul (usually)Festival
- Peak summer heat15 Jul – 5 Sep (usually)Season
- August
- Typhoon season1 Aug – 30 Sep (usually)Hazard
- October
- Nagoya Festival15–25 Oct (usually)Festival
- Nabana no Sato illumination18 Oct – 31 May (usually)Festival
- November
- Korankei Gorge maples1–30 NovNature
- December
- New Year at Atsuta Shrine31 Dec – 3 JanHoliday
Crowds in Nagoya in May
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.
Peak crowdsGolden Week, Nabana no Sato illumination, Golden Week in Japan(estimated)
Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet
Traveller notes on Nagoya
What people who have been say about the place — the year-round notes first, then month by month.
May is one of Japan's best months — warm without being hot or humid, too early for typhoons, and the rainy season not usually starting until early June. Nagoya averages 23°C by day and 14 overnight, with rain on ten days. The timing advice is about crowds: Golden Week runs into the first week of the month, and from the second week it is business as usual. What May is not is blossom season — Nagoya's cherry blossom runs roughly 25 March to 10 April, so a May visit gets the gardens green rather than pink. The last two weeks are the pick: warm, plenty of flowers out, not yet humid.
Forum posters describe mid-to-late November in Nagoya as bringing temperatures that regularly settle into the mid-to-low teens Celsius, with a regular jacket generally sufficient, though posters recommend packing something warmer in case of an occasional dip into single digits. Posters consistently rate November as one of the best months to visit for weather alone - comfortable temperatures paired with thinner crowds than the peak autumn-foliage rush elsewhere in Japan. Posters point to nearby Korankei as a standout for autumn leaf viewing and Nabana no Sato for its winter illumination displays as popular November day-trip pairings from Nagoya. Posters generally rate November as mild, comfortable and well-timed for a Nagoya visit, cool evenings the main thing to plan around.
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