Kochi Weather Forecast

It is in the running. The Shikoku mountains catch moist Pacific air and wring it out, with parts of the interior over 3,000mm a year. Kochi City is sunnier than that implies — it gets a lot of rain and a lot of sunshine, just not on the same day.

As exposed as anywhere in Japan. It faces the open Pacific with nothing in front of it, and August and September storms often make landfall here first. There is a reason the benchmark recording stations sit out at Cape Muroto.

Late March to May, and October to November: warm, clear and dry. The Shimanto River is at its most inviting in early summer before the rains, and again in autumn.