Climate averages 1991–2020

Chitose weather
in September.

A mild, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

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

Average high 20.4°C Daytime mean, September
Average low 14.2°C Night-time mean, September
Rainfall 137 mm 12 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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September is a mild month in Chitose: daytime highs average 20.4°C and nights cool to about 14.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 137 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes September a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average September day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Eniwa (10 km away). In September its highs average 20.4°C, about as warm as Chitose, with 138 mm of rain.

Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Chitose ranks joint 296th of 303 for the warmest September highs and joint 5th of 303 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 303 cities is 25.7°C; Chitose is 5.3°C cooler than that mean.

From September to October, average highs fall by 5.9°C to 14.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 137 mm to 91 mm.

The annual picture

September 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. -15-10-5051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2000

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

Every month, side by side

Chitose climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Chitose, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January -2.3°C-9.6°C-9.6°C366.39.49 h
February -1.5°C-9.2°C-9.2°C356.310.511 h
March 2.6°C-5.1°C-5.1°C548.911.912 h
April 8.8°C0.6°C0.6°C7010.513.413 h
May 14.1°C6.5°C6.5°C9510.714.615 h
June 17.9°C11.4°C11.4°C779.315.315 h
July 21.7°C15.9°C15.9°C11611.915.015 h
August 23.2°C17.8°C17.8°C16212.113.914 h
September, selected 20.4°C14.2°C14.2°C13712.012.513 h
October 14.5°C7.6°C7.6°C919.711.111 h
November 7.3°C0.9°C0.9°C689.69.810 h
December 0.5°C-5.6°C-5.6°C548.19.19 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

September in nearby cities

Distance from Chitose

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