Climate averages 1991–2020

Akita weather
in October.

A mild, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.

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

Average high 17.1°C Daytime mean, October

Average low 11.4°C Night-time mean, October

Rainfall 179 mm 16 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

October is a mild month in Akita: daytime highs average 17.1°C and nights cool to about 11.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 179 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes October a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 11 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Yurihonjō (37 km away). In October its highs average 17.6°C, about as warm as Akita, with 185 mm of rain.

Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Akita ranks 283rd of 303 for the warmest October highs and joint 165th of 303 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 303 cities is 20.4°C; Akita is 3.2°C cooler than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 6.4°C to 10.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 179 mm to 183 mm.

The annual picture

October 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	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, selected	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

October 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.