Climate averages 1991–2020

Daisen weather
in August.

A warm, wet month: the warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

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

Average high 27.2°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 20.0°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall 173 mm 16 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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August is a warm month in Daisen: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 20.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 173 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes August a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 43 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Yokote (15 km away). In August its highs average 27.1°C, about as warm as Daisen, with 180 mm of rain.

Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Daisen ranks joint 271st of 303 for the warmest August highs and joint 230th of 303 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 303 cities is 29.2°C; Daisen is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.

From August to September, average highs fall by 3.9°C to 23.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 173 mm to 152 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. -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 2500

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

Every month, side by side

Daisen climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Daisen, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 0.8°C-5.9°C-5.9°C11121.19.710 h
February 1.8°C-5.6°C-5.6°C9117.210.711 h
March 5.7°C-2.2°C-2.2°C11517.911.912 h
April 13.2°C2.9°C2.9°C11215.113.213 h
May 19.2°C8.9°C8.9°C12113.514.314 h
June 23.0°C14.1°C14.1°C13112.814.915 h
July 25.9°C18.7°C18.7°C20617.014.715 h
August, selected 27.2°C20.0°C20.0°C17316.213.714 h
September 23.3°C15.8°C15.8°C15214.212.512 h
October 17.2°C9.0°C9.0°C14114.111.211 h
November 10.5°C2.9°C2.9°C12917.610.110 h
December 3.7°C-2.7°C-2.7°C13021.09.49 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

August in nearby cities

Distance from Daisen

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