Climate averages 1991–2020
Aizu-Wakamatsu weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Aizu-Wakamatsu: daytime highs average 17.6°C and nights cool to about 10.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 125 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 16 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kōriyama (40 km away). In October its highs average 17.9°C, about as warm as Aizu-Wakamatsu, with 136 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Aizu-Wakamatsu ranks joint 275th of 303 for the warmest October highs and 64th of 303 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 303 cities is 20.4°C; Aizu-Wakamatsu is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.0°C to 11.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 125 mm to 82 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Aizu-Wakamatsu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.0°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 99 | 18.9 | 9.910 h |
| February | 3.0°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 74 | 15.5 | 10.811 h |
| March | 6.6°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 101 | 15.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.0°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 95 | 12.8 | 13.113 h |
| May | 20.0°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 95 | 11.8 | 14.214 h |
| June | 23.4°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 117 | 12.5 | 14.715 h |
| July | 26.6°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 180 | 17.0 | 14.514 h |
| August | 27.8°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 132 | 13.9 | 13.614 h |
| September | 23.5°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 144 | 13.0 | 12.512 h |
| October, selected | 17.6°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 125 | 11.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 11.6°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 82 | 13.2 | 10.210 h |
| December | 5.2°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 93 | 18.1 | 9.610 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
October in nearby cities
- Kōriyama in OctoberJapan · 40 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 10.5°C · 136 mm rain
- Sukagawa in OctoberJapan · 45 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 10.5°C · 150 mm rain
- Yonezawa in OctoberJapan · 49 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 10.1°C · 139 mm rain
- Fukushima in OctoberJapan · 54 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 10.4°C · 144 mm rain
- Nasushiobara in OctoberJapan · 58 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 10.8°C · 185 mm rain
- Ōtawara in OctoberJapan · 70 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 10.8°C · 169 mm rain
- Shibata in OctoberJapan · 74 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 11.5°C · 170 mm rain
- Nikkō in OctoberJapan · 87 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 10.0°C · 198 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Aizu-Wakamatsu) is explained once on the Aizu-Wakamatsu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.