Climate averages 1991–2020

Amakusa weather
in August.

A hot, very wet month: the warmest and the 9th driest of the year.

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

Average high 30.8°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 25.0°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall 183 mm 15 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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August is a hot month in Amakusa: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 183 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 21 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Honmachi (38 km away). In August its highs average 30.8°C, about as warm as Amakusa, with 162 mm of rain.

Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Amakusa ranks joint 31st of 303 for the warmest August highs and joint 262nd of 303 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 303 cities is 29.2°C; Amakusa is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.

From August to September, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 183 mm to 197 mm.

The annual picture

August in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 05101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 4500

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

Every month, side by side

Amakusa climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Amakusa, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 10.3°C5.4°C5.4°C688.510.310 h
February 11.5°C5.6°C5.6°C899.211.011 h
March 14.7°C8.1°C8.1°C13111.512.012 h
April 19.2°C12.0°C12.0°C15211.013.013 h
May 23.3°C16.1°C16.1°C18111.113.814 h
June 25.8°C20.1°C20.1°C44517.414.214 h
July 29.3°C24.0°C24.0°C36619.114.114 h
August, selected 30.8°C25.0°C25.0°C18315.413.313 h
September 28.1°C22.1°C22.1°C19712.712.412 h
October 23.3°C17.3°C17.3°C1048.111.411 h
November 17.8°C12.3°C12.3°C1018.410.511 h
December 12.5°C7.5°C7.5°C817.410.110 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

August in nearby cities

Distance from Amakusa

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 Amakusa) is explained once on the Amakusa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.