Climate averages 1991–2020
Fukuchiyama weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Fukuchiyama: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 159 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 29 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Maizuru (26 km away). In August its highs average 30.7°C, about as warm as Fukuchiyama, with 147 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Fukuchiyama ranks joint 49th of 303 for the warmest August highs and joint 184th of 303 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 303 cities is 29.2°C; Fukuchiyama is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.4°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 159 mm to 218 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Fukuchiyama climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.3°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 69 | 12.7 | 10.110 h |
| February | 8.3°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 72 | 11.5 | 10.911 h |
| March | 12.2°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 118 | 13.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.7°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 125 | 11.5 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.5°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 155 | 11.5 | 14.014 h |
| June | 25.8°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 196 | 14.7 | 14.514 h |
| July | 29.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 235 | 16.9 | 14.314 h |
| August, selected | 30.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 159 | 13.9 | 13.513 h |
| September | 26.2°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 218 | 13.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.7°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 150 | 10.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.4°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 80 | 8.9 | 10.310 h |
| December | 9.9°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 72 | 10.9 | 9.810 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
August in nearby cities
- Maizuru in AugustJapan · 26 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 147 mm rain
- Toyooka in AugustJapan · 38 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 179 mm rain
- Sandachō in AugustJapan · 47 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 134 mm rain
- Kameoka in AugustJapan · 54 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 145 mm rain
- Miki in AugustJapan · 57 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 117 mm rain
- Takarazuka in AugustJapan · 60 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.4°C · 131 mm rain
- Kakogawachō-honmachi in AugustJapan · 65 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.3°C · 114 mm rain
- Kyoto in AugustJapan · 66 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.1°C · 140 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 Fukuchiyama) is explained once on the Fukuchiyama year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.