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Wakayama · 356,729 inhabitants · Friday, October 30 · updated 05:10

Light rain
15°
Light rain
Feels like 15°C
Wind
7 km/h
Gusts
14 km/h
Humidity
89 %
Pressure
1019 hPa
Clouds
100 %
Storm
No
Rise 06:17 Set 17:08 Day 10 h 51 min UV 2 · Low

Morning, afternoon, evening

Trend
Night
Overcast
Overcast
19°16°
Feels like 19°
Wind ↑ SE 16 km/h
Humidity 73 %
💧 0.1 mm
Morning
Light rain
Light rain
19°15°
Feels like 19°
Wind ↑ S 13 km/h
Gusts 47 km/h
Humidity 83 %
💧 5.8 mm
Afternoon
Rain
Rain
20°17°
Feels like 20°
Wind ↑ S 15 km/h
Gusts 44 km/h
Humidity 88 %
💧 8.4 mm
Evening
Rain
Rain
19°18°
Feels like 19°
Wind ↑ WSW 5 km/h
Gusts 11 km/h
Humidity 91 %
💧 8.4 mm
⚡ storm
09:00
Rain showers
19°
3.1mm
S 13
12:00
Light rain
17°
1.0mm
S 15
15:00
Rain
20°
7.4mm
SSW 14
18:00
Rain showers
18°
3.2mm
SSW 5
21:00
Rain
19°
5.2mm
WSW 2
00:00
Drizzle
17°
0.7mm
NNW 6
03:00
Rain showers
18°
0.8mm
NW 15
06:00
Clear sky
15°
NW 15

Wakayama forecast in charts · next 7 days

The week ahead: highs and lows

≈ A week close to the usual temperatures
Highs Lows Usual for the season (1991–2020 average)
9°13°16°20°23°TodayFriSatSunMonTueWed19°15°Thu 29 Oct: max 19° · min 15° · normal 16.1°Fri 30 Oct: max 20° · min 15° · normal 15.9°Sat 31 Oct: max 21° · min 12° · normal 15.7°Sun 1 Nov: max 20° · min 15° · normal 15.7°Mon 2 Nov: max 21° · min 13° · normal 15.5°Tue 3 Nov: max 19° · min 11° · normal 15.3°Wed 4 Nov: max 19° · min 15° · normal 15.1°

Hourly detail

FriSatSunMonTueWedThuFri10°17°23°21°11°010
Temperature (°C) Rain (mm) Wind (km/h)

Wakayama climate: what a normal year looks like

The hottest stretch is August, when afternoons average 30 °C; the coldest is January, when nights average 4 °C. Between those two months the average temperature changes by 22 °C.

A normal year brings roughly 1,730 mm of rain — more than 82% of the towns of 20,000+ people we compared it with.

Typical highs of 30 °C or more are reached in August only, at 30 °C.

From 14 h 26 min of daylight in late June to 9 h 52 min in late December.

Forecast highs for the coming week average 20 °C, 2 °C cooler than a normal October (22 °C).

30-year averages (1991–2020)
MonthTypical highTypical lowRainfall
Jan8 °C4 °C91 mm
Feb10 °C4 °C95 mm
Mar13 °C7 °C130 mm
Apr17 °C11 °C130 mm
May22 °C16 °C152 mm
Jun25 °C20 °C244 mm
Jul29 °C24 °C198 mm
Aug30 °C25 °C125 mm
Sep27 °C22 °C189 mm
Oct22 °C16 °C183 mm
Nov17 °C11 °C102 mm
Dec12 °C6 °C93 mm
Whole year19 °C14 °C1,730 mm

Source: our own processing of the ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus/ECMWF) for 34.23° N, 135.17° E, 1991–2020. ERA5 averages over a 0.25° grid (about 25 km): hills, a coastline or the heat of the city itself can shift local values by a degree or two.

Air you breathe in Wakayama: pollution and pollen

1/6
Good
European Air Quality Index (EAQI), from Copernicus CAMS
PM2.57µg/m³
PM108µg/m³

Copernicus CAMS model, updated several times a day.

Rain radar around Wakayama

Rain observed over the last two hours by official weather radars around Wakayama, followed by the radar forecast for the next hour where the weather service provides one.

Full-screen rain radar and next-hour rain on RainAtlas
Rain radar Last two hours, then forecast where available · drag the timeline

No open weather radar covers Wakayama yet: the map shows our hour-by-hour rain forecast (ICON, GFS).

Moon over Wakayama

Waning gibbous
79 % illuminated · 19.3 days
Rise 15:22 Set 05:42
Sat 31/10 69%
Sun 1/11 59%
Mon 2/11 49% Last quarter
Tue 3/11 38%
Wed 4/11 28%
Thu 5/11 19%
Fri 6/11 12%
Sat 7/11 6%
Sun 8/11 2%
Mon 9/11 0%
Tue 10/11 1% New moon
Wed 11/11 3%

Moonrise and moonset in local time (Asia/Tokyo); phase and lit fraction from a synodic calculation.

Look up a past day in Wakayama

Curious about the weather in Wakayama on a given day? Choose a date: we read it from the ERA5 reanalysis (ECMWF / Copernicus C3S), which runs until about a week ago.

Wakayama weather at a glance

This page gathers everything about the weather in Wakayama, Wakayama: conditions now, the forecast for each part of the day and the trend for the coming week. At the moment the sky is “light rain”, it is 15 °C (feels like 15 °C) and the wind blows at 7 km/h.

Expected range today: 15 °C to 20 °C and around 21 mm of rain; keep an eye on thunderstorms. The forecast comes from the AtmoAtlas engine, which combines ECMWF-AIFS, NOAA GFS and DWD ICON, adjusts cloud cover with METAR reports and uses convective energy (CAPE) to flag storms.

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Where does this forecast come from? Our engine, checked every day against 1125 weather stations