Climate averages 1991–2020
Chikusei weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Chikusei: daytime highs average 20.6°C and nights cool to about 13.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 176 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 18 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mooka (13 km away). In October its highs average 20.3°C, about as warm as Chikusei, with 164 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Chikusei ranks joint 168th of 303 for the warmest October highs and 162nd of 303 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 303 cities is 20.4°C; Chikusei is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.3°C to 15.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 176 mm to 80 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Mooka in OctoberJapan · 13 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 12.3°C · 164 mm rain
- Oyama in OctoberJapan · 16 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 12.7°C · 200 mm rain
- Tochigi in OctoberJapan · 24 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 12.6°C · 206 mm rain
- Kasama, Japan in OctoberJapan · 27 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 12.8°C · 179 mm rain
- Koga in OctoberJapan · 28 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 13.0°C · 200 mm rain
- Tsukuba in OctoberJapan · 29 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 13.8°C · 186 mm rain
- Utsunomiya in OctoberJapan · 29 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 11.1°C · 164 mm rain
- Ishioka in OctoberJapan · 29 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 14.4°C · 191 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.