Climate averages 1991–2020

Akita weather
in February.

A cold, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 2.2°C Daytime mean, February

Average low -2.6°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 123 mm 21 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a cold month in Akita: daytime highs average 2.2°C and nights cool to about -2.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 123 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes February a wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 40 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Yurihonjō (37 km away). In February its highs average 2.6°C, about as warm as Akita, with 148 mm of rain.

Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Akita ranks 281st of 303 for the warmest February highs and joint 282nd of 303 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 303 cities is 7.9°C; Akita is 5.7°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 6.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 123 mm to 119 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Akita climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Akita, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Precipitation mm/month	Wet days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	1.6°C-2.6°C	-2.6°C	164	25.6	9.710 h
February, selected	2.2°C-2.6°C	-2.6°C	123	21.2	10.711 h
March	6.0°C0.1°C	0.1°C	119	18.0	11.912 h
April	11.9°C4.7°C	4.7°C	111	14.0	13.213 h
May	17.2°C10.0°C	10.0°C	130	13.4	14.314 h
June	21.4°C14.9°C	14.9°C	136	11.8	14.915 h
July	24.8°C19.5°C	19.5°C	223	15.7	14.715 h
August	26.5°C21.1°C	21.1°C	203	14.8	13.714 h
September	23.0°C17.5°C	17.5°C	190	15.0	12.512 h
October	17.1°C11.4°C	11.4°C	179	15.6	11.211 h
November	10.7°C5.5°C	5.5°C	183	20.1	10.010 h
December	4.6°C0.3°C	0.3°C	199	24.7	9.49 h

Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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

February in nearby cities

Distance from Akita

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Akita) is explained once on the Akita year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.