Climate averages 1991–2020

Akita weather
in July.

A warm, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.

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

Average high 24.8°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 19.5°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall 223 mm 16 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 15 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a warm month in Akita: daytime highs average 24.8°C and nights cool to about 19.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 223 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes July a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 41 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Yurihonjō (37 km away). In July its highs average 25.6°C, 0.8°C warmer than Akita, with 202 mm of rain.

Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Akita ranks joint 285th of 303 for the warmest July highs and 194th of 303 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 303 cities is 27.9°C; Akita is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 223 mm to 203 mm.

The annual picture

July 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	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, selected	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

July 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.