Weather in Kanazawa

Quick answer: Kanazawa sits at 36.6° N and gets about 12 h 36 min of daylight today, with the sun 58° up at solar noon. The panel above scores each upcoming day 0–100 and returns a direct go, wait or skip verdict.

Conditions on this page are recalculated from the latest forecast every time it is opened, for the current date in the location's own time zone.

One page for Kanazawa, Japan: today's 0–100 Weather Score with the factors behind it, the hour-by-hour rain outlook, every day of the coming week ranked and colour-coded, and sunrise, sunset and golden hour computed for Kanazawa's own coordinates and timezone. Forecast values load live from Open-Meteo when the page opens; nothing below is a stored or generated climate figure.

Today's baseline conditions in Kanazawa

Any weather decision in Kanazawa starts from the light budget. In September the location gets about 12 h 36 min of daylight, with the sun peaking 58° above the horizon — that sets how warm afternoons run, how long outdoor plans stay viable and how much usable photographic light the day contains. The scores above layer the live Open-Meteo forecast on top of that baseline.

Latitude
36.56° N (northern hemisphere)
Daylight today
12 h 36 min
Sun elevation at solar noon
58°

Daylight through the year in Kanazawa

Daylight, midday sun angle and golden-hour length below are calculated for Kanazawa's own coordinates (36.56° N, 136.66° E) on the 15th of each month. These are solar geometry, not climate averages.

Month Daylight Sun at solar noon Golden hour
January 9 h 54 min 32° 56 min
February 10 h 48 min 40° 52 min
March 11 h 54 min 51° 50 min
April 13 h 6 min 63° 51 min
May 14 h 6 min 72° 54 min
June 14 h 36 min 77° 57 min
July 14 h 24 min 75° 56 min
August 13 h 30 min 67° 52 min
September 12 h 24 min 56° 50 min
October 11 h 12 min 44° 51 min
November 10 h 12 min 34° 55 min
December 9 h 42 min 30° 58 min

Scores are capped by dealbreakers — heavy rain, dangerous wind, thick fog or hazardous UV pull a day down no matter how pleasant the rest of the numbers look. Forecast data is Open-Meteo; solar and lunar values are computed for Kanazawa's own coordinates and time zone. Full details on the methodology page.

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