Climate Mount Fuji Shizuoka Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Mount Fuji Shizuoka Airport (RJNS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	96.0	93	94	98	97	93
February	91.3	77	90	97	98	89
March	88.2	83	86	93	90	85
April	86.4		83	80	86	92
May	84.4		75	85	78	85
June	78.3		68	76	88	69
July	74.9		83	70	82	50
August	83.2		75	80	77	93
September	85.7		88	76	90	87
October	90.3		94	92	92	95
November	94.4		93	89	95	97
December	96.9		93	98	99	100
Average	86.7	84.2	84.2	85.0	88.6	85.1

27th best VFR conditions of Japan

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	99.0	100	99	100	99	96
February	97.7	93	98	100	98	97
March	96.4	91	95	99	95	97
April	94.5		96	93	94	98
May	93.7		89	95	88	93
June	88.9		86	91	94	80
July	90.6		94	89	90	76
August	96.6		96	96	94	99
September	96.7		99	95	97	97
October	96.0		100	97	97	99
November	98.4		97	100	98	100
December	98.6		96	100	100	100
Average	95.3	94.2	95.1	95.8	95.0	93.7

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	10.6	12	11	10	10	12
February	11.7	13	13	10	13	12
March	15.3	14	17	16	17	15
April	18.8		20	19	19	18
May	22.8		23	22	23	23
June	25.4		26	26	25	26
July	28.9		31	29	29	27
August	30.6		31	31	30	32
September	27.3		30	28	26	27
October	22.1		23	22	23	21
November	18.2		18	20	18	19
December	12.8		14	13	13	13
Average	19.5	12.9	21.3	20.6	20.4	20.4

30th highest temperature of Japan

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	4.0	5	4	3	4	6
February	5.3	7	6	3	6	6
March	9.2	8	11	10	11	9
April	13.1		14	14	13	12
May	17.2		17	17	17	18
June	20.5		21	21	21	21
July	24.4		25	24	24	23
August	25.8		26	25	25	27
September	22.5		24	23	22	23
October	16.8		17	16	18	16
November	12.1		12	13	11	13
December	6.3		7	6	6	6
Average	13.8	6.6	15.3	14.9	14.9	14.9

51st lowest temperature of Japan

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	9.7	13	7	8	14	13
February	12.3	24	14	10	7	12
March	14.9	23	17	10	16	17
April	15.7		16	27	15	11
May	16.8		23	21	25	14
June	21.2		23	22	17	28
July	18.9		9	27	16	43
August	11.5		19	16	21	2
September	18.8		13	21	22	22
October	17.9		9	13	12	20
November	9.2		6	15	6	8
December	6.1		6	7	4	3
Average	15.2	19.8	13.7	16.9	15.0	16.6

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	11.4	11	11	11	12	10
February	10.5	8	9	12	13	10
March	9.9	11	8	10	9	10
April	10.0		10	8	9	11
May	8.5		8	7	10	8
June	8.0		7	9	6	9
July	7.9		9	7	8	9
August	8.3		8	8	9	8
September	7.0		7	6	6	7
October	6.8		7	6	6	6
November	7.7		9	6	9	8
December	10.6		10	12	12	11
Average	9.0	10.0	8.6	8.3	8.9	8.9

30th highest wind speed of Japan

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	264°	261°	268°	267°	265°
February	233°	247°	265°	259°	258°
March	262°	213°	249°	217°	255°
April		230°	188°	184°	237°
May		192°	179°	229°	189°
June		206°	199°	152°	209°
July		210°	210°	193°	223°
August		145°	209°	214°	182°
September		186°	100°	094°	135°
October		242°	188°	159°	073°
November		258°	240°	261°	250°
December		258°	262°	262°	258°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.