A radar apparatus is provided which includes an antenna section that is configured to radiate radio waves based on fed electrical power, a plate dielectric member that is provided so as to transmit the radio waves radiated from the antenna section, a filter portion that is provided to the dielectric member and includes a plurality of band transmission portions arranged along a scanning direction, the plurality of band transmission portions being configured to respectively transmit radio waves within different specific transmission frequency bands, and a power feeding section that is configured to feed the electrical power to the antenna section and is configured to set specific frequency bands included in the respective specific transmission frequency bands to set radiation bands and sequentially change a frequency of the radio waves radiated from the antenna section to frequencies within the respective set radiation bands.