Climate averages 1991–2020
Chikusei weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Chikusei: daytime highs average 8.8°C and nights cool to about -1.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 50 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mooka (13 km away). In February its highs average 8.6°C, about as warm as Chikusei, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Chikusei ranks joint 157th of 303 for the warmest February highs and joint 42nd of 303 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 303 cities is 7.9°C; Chikusei is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 12.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 55 mm to 100 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
Chikusei climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.7°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 55 | 6.1 | 10.010 h |
| February, selected | 8.8°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 55 | 6.7 | 10.811 h |
| March | 12.5°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 100 | 11.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.7°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 107 | 11.0 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.4°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 134 | 12.5 | 14.114 h |
| June | 25.1°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 147 | 14.6 | 14.615 h |
| July | 28.7°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 165 | 15.8 | 14.414 h |
| August | 29.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 123 | 13.7 | 13.514 h |
| September | 26.1°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 164 | 14.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.6°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 176 | 12.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.3°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 80 | 8.7 | 10.310 h |
| December | 10.1°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 52 | 6.5 | 9.710 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
- Mooka in FebruaryJapan · 13 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low -1.7°C · 52 mm rain
- Oyama in FebruaryJapan · 16 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low -1.5°C · 55 mm rain
- Tochigi in FebruaryJapan · 24 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -1.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Kasama, Japan in FebruaryJapan · 27 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low -1.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Koga in FebruaryJapan · 28 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low -1.3°C · 55 mm rain
- Tsukuba in FebruaryJapan · 29 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -0.4°C · 59 mm rain
- Utsunomiya in FebruaryJapan · 29 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -2.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Ishioka in FebruaryJapan · 29 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 0.4°C · 62 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 Chikusei) is explained once on the Chikusei year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.