January 9° · ☂ 6 February 10° · ☂ 8 March 15° · ☂ 11 April 20° · ☂ 9 ★ May25° · ☂ 9 June 28° · ☂ 11 July 32° · ☂ 12 August 34° · ☂ 8 September 29° · ☂ 10 ★ October23° · ☂ 10 November 17° · ☂ 7 December 12° · ☂ 7 Nara in August:seriously hot, Nara, Japan · Records from 2006 to 2025. Not a forecast.
Mean high 34° Hottest day 39.1° (2025)
Mean low 24° Coldest night 16.8° (2018)
Rain days 8 days 3-15 by year
Rainfall 155mm Daylight 13.9 → 13.0 h
Nara's 12 months i Best: May and October
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Trip types Sightseeing on foot Poorhot, muggy and storm risk
Humidity 68% 28 muggy days
Clear days 6 days 9 overcast days
Mean wind 7 km/h Rarely windy
Sunrise / sunset (15th) 05:17 / 18:46 Daylight 13.9 → 13.0 h
Nara in August On the evenings of August 14 and 15 Kasuga Taisha holds Chugen Mantoro, lighting its lanterns in connection with Obon. Daytime heat makes walking hard, so time your visit for the evening.
Nara in August ran hot: 34°C by day and 24°C at night. By midday the shade was the best seat in town. With about 8 rain days, showers were an occasional nuisance rather than the rule. A visitor in 2020 met 3 rain days; one in 2021 met 15. The average of 8 hid that gap.
Highs topped 30°C on 28 days of the month on average. Mixing in indoor stops at midday made sense. Each rainy day brought about 20 mm, closer to downpours than drizzle.
Typhoons i 8 of the last 20 years had a tropical storm pass within 300 km this month.
Noru (2017), 14 km away typhoon strength Lan (2023), 65 km away typhoon strength Halong (2014), 86 km away typhoon strength 1 2 3 4 5 2 6 7 7 8 8 11 9 5 10 11 12
Date by date i Sun
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August 1 Sunday 1 rain in 2 of 20 yrs 2/20 34° 24° August 2 Monday 2 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 34° 24° August 3 Tuesday 3 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 34° 24° August 4 Wednesday 4 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 34° 24° August 5 Thursday 5 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 35° 25° August 6 Friday 6 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 35° 25° August 7 Saturday 7 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 34° 24° 1-7 rain on 19% of days 34° 24°
August 8 Sunday 8 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 34° 24° August 9 Monday 9 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 34° 24° August 10 Tuesday 10 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 34° 24° August 11 Wednesday 11 rain in 2 of 20 yrs 2/20 34° 24° August 12 Thursday 12 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 34° 24° August 13 Friday 13 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 34° 24° August 14 Saturday 14 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 34° 24° 8-14 rain on 24% of days 34° 24°
August 15 Sunday 15 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 33° 24° August 16 Monday 16 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 34° 24° August 17 Tuesday 17 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 33° 24° August 18 Wednesday 18 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 34° 23° August 19 Thursday 19 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 33° 24° August 20 Friday 20 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 34° 24° August 21 Saturday 21 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 34° 24° 15-21 rain on 29% of days 34° 24°
August 22 Sunday 22 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 34° 24° August 23 Monday 23 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 33° 24° August 24 Tuesday 24 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 33° 23° August 25 Wednesday 25 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 33° 23° August 26 Thursday 26 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 33° 23° August 27 Friday 27 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 33° 23° August 28 Saturday 28 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 32° 23° 22-28 rain on 27% of days 33° 23°
August 29 Sunday 29 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 32° 23° August 30 Monday 30 rain in 8 of 20 yrs 8/20 32° 23° August 31 Tuesday 31 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 33° 23°
29-31 rain on 30% of days 32° 23°
1-7 rain on 19% of days 34° 24° 8-14 rain on 24% of days 34° 24° 15-21 rain on 29% of days 34° 24° 22-28 rain on 27% of days 33° 23° 29-31 rain on 30% of days 32° 23°
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August 1 Tuesday 1 rain in 2 of 20 yrs 2/20 34° 24° August 2 Wednesday 2 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 34° 24° August 3 Thursday 3 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 34° 24° August 4 Friday 4 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 34° 24° August 5 Saturday 5 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 35° 25° 1-5 rain on 17% of days 34° 24°
August 6 Sunday 6 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 35° 25° August 7 Monday 7 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 34° 24° August 8 Tuesday 8 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 34° 24° August 9 Wednesday 9 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 34° 24° August 10 Thursday 10 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 34° 24° August 11 Friday 11 rain in 2 of 20 yrs 2/20 34° 24° August 12 Saturday 12 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 34° 24° 6-12 rain on 24% of days 34° 24°
August 13 Sunday 13 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 34° 24° August 14 Monday 14 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 34° 24° August 15 Tuesday 15 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 33° 24° August 16 Wednesday 16 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 34° 24° August 17 Thursday 17 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 33° 24° August 18 Friday 18 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 34° 23° August 19 Saturday 19 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 33° 24° 13-19 rain on 29% of days 34° 24°
August 20 Sunday 20 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 34° 24° August 21 Monday 21 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 34° 24° August 22 Tuesday 22 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 34° 24° August 23 Wednesday 23 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 33° 24° August 24 Thursday 24 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 33° 23° August 25 Friday 25 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 33° 23° August 26 Saturday 26 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 33° 23° 20-26 rain on 29% of days 33° 24°
August 27 Sunday 27 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 33° 23° August 28 Monday 28 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 32° 23° August 29 Tuesday 29 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 32° 23° August 30 Wednesday 30 rain in 8 of 20 yrs 8/20 32° 23° August 31 Thursday 31 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 33° 23°
27-31 rain on 25% of days 32° 23°
1-5 rain on 17% of days 34° 24° 6-12 rain on 24% of days 34° 24° 13-19 rain on 29% of days 34° 24° 20-26 rain on 29% of days 33° 24° 27-31 rain on 25% of days 32° 23°
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2006 none
2007 none
2008 52mm
2009 none
2010 6mm
2011 none
2012 none
2013 1mm
2014 none
2015 20mm
2016 2mm
2017 none
2018 none
2019 19mm
2020 none
2021 none
2022 1mm
2023 1mm
2024 none
2025 none
Holidays in August (2027) August 11 Mountain DayAugust 13 to August 16 Obon 1 Local public holiday or break (busier, pricier)
Holidays in August (2028)
Day by day temperature i 22° 28° 35° 41° 1 8 15 22 29 31
Your trip dates, the past 20 years Trip dates August 1 (Sun) 2 (Mon) 3 (Tue) 4 (Wed) 5 (Thu) 6 (Fri) 7 (Sat) 8 (Sun) 9 (Mon) 10 (Tue) 11 (Wed) 12 (Thu) 13 (Fri) 14 (Sat) 15 (Sun) 16 (Mon) 17 (Tue) 18 (Wed) 19 (Thu) 20 (Fri) 21 (Sat) 22 (Sun) 23 (Mon) 24 (Tue) 25 (Wed) 26 (Thu) 27 (Fri) 28 (Sat) 29 (Sun) 30 (Mon) 31 (Tue) ~ August 1 (Sun) 2 (Mon) 3 (Tue) 4 (Wed) 5 (Thu) 6 (Fri) 7 (Sat) 8 (Sun) 9 (Mon) 10 (Tue) 11 (Wed) 12 (Thu) 13 (Fri) 14 (Sat) 15 (Sun) 16 (Mon) 17 (Tue) 18 (Wed) 19 (Thu) 20 (Fri) 21 (Sat) 22 (Sun) 23 (Mon) 24 (Tue) 25 (Wed) 26 (Thu) 27 (Fri) 28 (Sat) 29 (Sun) 30 (Mon) 31 (Tue) 1-7 8-14 15-21 22-end Whole month
You can also click two dates on the axis. Hover a cell to see that day's rain. By year Driest trips first
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Trip rain days Month rain days Tap a date to start, tap another to end. Each cell is that date in one year. '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25
of 20 Dates outside your trip are dimmed.
One row per year, one cell per day. 2020 had 3 rain days, 2021 had 15.
What to pack Loose linen or quick-dry cotton, a wide-brimmed hat and sunscreen were the basics. A water bottle stayed in the bag, and midday plans moved indoors.
With 8 rain days, a pocket umbrella was insurance rather than a daily tool.
Common questions Does it rain a lot in Nara in August? Over the past 20 years August averaged 8 rain days (1 mm or more) out of 31. Individual years ran from 3 in the driest to 15 in the wettest.
What should I wear in Nara in August? Days averaged 34°C and nights 24°C. Pack a compact umbrella, T-shirts, sunscreen plus a hat, and insect repellent.
Is August a good time to visit Nara? On warmth and rain days alone, Nara's easiest months were May and October. August ranked 7 of 12.
Is Nara humid in August? Mean relative humidity was 68%, with about 28 muggy days (dew point of 20°C or more) in the month.
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