20 wholesale melon price series from 17 markets in Japan have a forecast. The median series points to a rise over the coming weeks (+19.5% by the end of the forecast), against a typical 12-week error of 18%. Below: when melon is usually cheapest and dearest in 2 countries.
🇯🇵 Fukuoka City Central Wholesale Market, Produce Market (Vegefru Stadium), Japan
🇯🇵 Hiroshima City Central Wholesale Market, Japan
🇯🇵 Kanazawa City Central Wholesale Market, Japan
🇯🇵 Kitakyushu City Central Wholesale Market, Japan
Prices in each market’s currency and unit. Range: 80%. Typical error: median error at 12 weeks in the test on the series’ own history.
| Quote and market | Latest week | In 4 weeks | In 12 weeks | Change | Typical error |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenhouse muskmelons 🇯🇵 Fukuoka City Central Wholesale Market, Produce Market (Vegefru Stadium) | 697 JPY/kg | 596–921 | 716–1,332 | +34.6% | ±15% |
| Greenhouse muskmelons 🇯🇵 Hiroshima City Central Wholesale Market | 1,082 JPY/kg | 665–1,238 | 782–1,713 | +7.0% | ±18% |
| Greenhouse muskmelons 🇯🇵 Kanazawa City Central Wholesale Market | 1,146 JPY/kg | 1,026–1,437 | 1,087–1,609 | +10.5% | ±9% |
| Greenhouse muskmelons 🇯🇵 Kitakyushu City Central Wholesale Market | 563 JPY/kg | 409–787 | 518–1,348 | +44.6% | ±34% |
| Greenhouse muskmelons 🇯🇵 Kobe City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 867 JPY/kg | 654–1,544 | 669–1,581 | +20.5% | ±19% |
| Greenhouse muskmelons 🇯🇵 Kyoto City Central Wholesale Market | 1,323 JPY/kg | 1,017–1,503 | 1,268–2,118 | +16.4% | ±14% |
| Greenhouse muskmelons 🇯🇵 Nagoya City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 995 JPY/kg | 855–1,320 | 902–1,693 | +21.1% | ±18% |
| Greenhouse muskmelons 🇯🇵 Nagoya City Central Wholesale Market (Northern Market) | 1,248 JPY/kg | 1,265–1,772 | 1,207–2,084 | +28.2% | ±17% |
| Greenhouse muskmelons 🇯🇵 Osaka City Central Wholesale Market (Eastern Market) | 513 JPY/kg | 368–644 | 478–1,181 | +46.5% | ±32% |
| Melons, imported 🇯🇵 Osaka City Central Wholesale Market (Eastern Market) | 536 JPY/kg | 449–607 | 391–602 | −14.2% | ±9% |
| Greenhouse muskmelons 🇯🇵 Osaka City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 948 JPY/kg | 910–1,326 | 994–1,516 | +27.4% | ±13% |
| Greenhouse muskmelons 🇯🇵 Ota Market (Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market) | 1,191 JPY/kg | 1,098–1,481 | 1,184–1,772 | +18.4% | ±14% |
| Greenhouse muskmelons 🇯🇵 Sendai City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 631 JPY/kg | 516–964 | 677–1,381 | +50.4% | ±25% |
| Greenhouse muskmelons 🇯🇵 Takamatsu City Central Wholesale Market | 1,430 JPY/kg | 942–1,710 | 1,184–2,365 | +13.9% | ±9% |
| Greenhouse muskmelons 🇯🇵 Toshima Market (Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market) | 1,056 JPY/kg | 788–1,254 | 931–1,883 | +18.6% | ±28% |
| Greenhouse muskmelons 🇯🇵 Toyosu Market (Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market) | 1,359 JPY/kg | 1,210–1,910 | 1,249–2,061 | +16.2% | ±12% |
| Greenhouse muskmelons 🇯🇵 Yodobashi Market (Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market) | 879 JPY/kg | 728–1,263 | 827–1,641 | +33.6% | ±23% |
| Greenhouse muskmelons 🇯🇵 Yokohama City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 659 JPY/kg | 509–782 | 542–1,097 | +20.4% | ±18% |
| Andes melons 🇯🇵 Ota Market (Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market) | 501 JPY/kg | 467–667 | 446–809 | +13.8% | ±13% |
| Melons, imported 🇯🇵 Nagoya City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 408 JPY/kg | 272–487 | 261–497 | −7.5% | ±18% |
Usual wholesale price in each month against the yearly average, by country.
| Country | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Cheapest | Dearest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇯🇵 Japan39 series · 18 markets · 2024–2026 | +20 | +30 | +25 | +18 | −4 | −18 | −18 | −23 | −18 | −8 | −4 | +18 | August | February |
| 🇵🇱 Poland2 series · 1 market · 2019–2026 | −4 | +6 | +5 | +5 | +4 | −3 | −8 | +0 | +2 | +2 | +1 | −4 | July | February |
cheaper than the yearly average · dearer · figures in % · no quotes in that month (season or data gap). Monthly averages of each series against its yearly average, after removing the long-term trend such as inflation; median across series and markets of the country, years with at least 10 months of quotes.
The forecasts extend each series’ own seasonal pattern; they do not know about this year’s weather, harvests, policy or currency moves. Use the range, not only the central figure, and do not base trading, purchasing or credit decisions on them alone.
Of 20 melon price series with a forecast, 18 point higher and 2 lower or flat by the end of the forecast; the median series points to a rise (+19.5%). The forecasts repeat what the season usually does and are recalculated daily (data of 13 Nov 2026).
In Japan, wholesale melon prices are usually lowest in August (−22.5% against the yearly average) and highest in February (+30.4%), based on 39 price series from 18 markets, 2024–2026. The calendar on this page shows 1 more country.
In tests on the last 52 weeks of each series, the typical 12-week error of the published melon forecasts was 18%. Each series passed the test only because its errors were smaller than those of a “no change” forecast. Results of the archived forecasts are on the accuracy page.
From the wholesale markets and price services listed on each series, as published, in their own currencies and units. Husfarm does not adjust them except to compute weekly and monthly averages.
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