Climate averages 1991–2020
Hakodate weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Hakodate: daytime highs average 15.3°C and nights cool to about 10.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 114 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 07 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Muroran (64 km away). In October its highs average 14.1°C, 1.2°C cooler than Hakodate, with 103 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Hakodate ranks 291st of 303 for the warmest October highs and joint 49th of 303 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 303 cities is 20.4°C; Hakodate is 5.1°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.2°C to 8.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 114 mm to 87 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Hakodate climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.5°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 52 | 9.2 | 9.510 h |
| February | 0.1°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 52 | 8.0 | 10.611 h |
| March | 3.5°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 66 | 9.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 8.9°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 83 | 9.8 | 13.313 h |
| May | 13.9°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 119 | 11.6 | 14.515 h |
| June | 17.8°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 121 | 11.6 | 15.215 h |
| July | 21.6°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 178 | 14.9 | 14.915 h |
| August | 23.7°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 206 | 14.8 | 13.914 h |
| September | 21.3°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 185 | 12.8 | 12.513 h |
| October, selected | 15.3°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 114 | 11.4 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.1°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 87 | 11.0 | 9.910 h |
| December | 2.1°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 70 | 10.5 | 9.29 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
October in nearby cities
- Muroran in OctoberJapan · 64 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 8.9°C · 103 mm rain
- Aomori in OctoberJapan · 107 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 9.1°C · 112 mm rain
- Tomakomai in OctoberJapan · 119 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 8.8°C · 110 mm rain
- Hirosaki in OctoberJapan · 133 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 8.1°C · 129 mm rain
- Chitose in OctoberJapan · 138 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 7.6°C · 91 mm rain
- Eniwa in OctoberJapan · 142 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 6.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Sapporo in OctoberJapan · 152 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 8.0°C · 99 mm rain
- Hachinohe in OctoberJapan · 156 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 9.5°C · 102 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 Hakodate) is explained once on the Hakodate year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.