Climate averages 1991–2020
Amakusa weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Amakusa: daytime highs average 11.5°C and nights cool to about 5.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 89 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 00 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Honmachi (38 km away). In February its highs average 11.1°C, about as warm as Amakusa, with 92 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Amakusa ranks 12th of 303 for the warmest February highs and joint 233rd of 303 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 303 cities is 7.9°C; Amakusa is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 14.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 89 mm to 131 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Amakusa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.3°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 68 | 8.5 | 10.310 h |
| February, selected | 11.5°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 89 | 9.2 | 11.011 h |
| March | 14.7°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 131 | 11.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.2°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 152 | 11.0 | 13.013 h |
| May | 23.3°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 181 | 11.1 | 13.814 h |
| June | 25.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 445 | 17.4 | 14.214 h |
| July | 29.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 366 | 19.1 | 14.114 h |
| August | 30.8°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 183 | 15.4 | 13.313 h |
| September | 28.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 197 | 12.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.3°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 104 | 8.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 17.8°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 101 | 8.4 | 10.511 h |
| December | 12.5°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 81 | 7.4 | 10.110 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
February in nearby cities
- Honmachi in FebruaryJapan · 38 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 3.8°C · 92 mm rain
- Nagasaki in FebruaryJapan · 43 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 6.5°C · 100 mm rain
- Isahaya in FebruaryJapan · 45 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 5.6°C · 100 mm rain
- Ōmura in FebruaryJapan · 56 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 5.9°C · 85 mm rain
- Kumamoto in FebruaryJapan · 61 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 3.4°C · 99 mm rain
- Ōmuta in FebruaryJapan · 68 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 3.8°C · 85 mm rain
- Sendai, Japan in FebruaryJapan · 72 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 7.0°C · 115 mm rain
- Aira in FebruaryJapan · 85 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 4.2°C · 106 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 Amakusa) is explained once on the Amakusa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.