Climate averages 1991–2020
Hikone weather
in July.
A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Hikone: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 256 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes July a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 17 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nagahama (15 km away). In July its highs average 28.4°C, about as warm as Hikone, with 287 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Hikone ranks joint 146th of 303 for the warmest July highs and joint 236th of 303 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 303 cities is 27.9°C; Hikone is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 256 mm to 163 mm.
The annual picture
July 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
Hikone climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.7°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 74 | 11.3 | 10.110 h |
| February | 7.4°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 77 | 11.1 | 10.911 h |
| March | 11.0°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 124 | 12.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.3°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 140 | 12.0 | 13.113 h |
| May | 21.0°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 170 | 12.0 | 14.014 h |
| June | 24.6°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 216 | 14.9 | 14.514 h |
| July, selected | 28.3°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 256 | 17.8 | 14.314 h |
| August | 29.7°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 163 | 15.5 | 13.513 h |
| September | 25.8°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 212 | 13.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.3°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 166 | 10.8 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.8°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 86 | 8.6 | 10.310 h |
| December | 9.3°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 72 | 10.4 | 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
July in nearby cities
- Nagahama in JulyJapan · 15 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.1°C · 287 mm rain
- Youkaichi in JulyJapan · 16 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.9°C · 214 mm rain
- Ōmihachiman in JulyJapan · 19 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 210 mm rain
- Kōka in JulyJapan · 31 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.9°C · 214 mm rain
- Moriyama in JulyJapan · 32 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 181 mm rain
- Ōgaki in JulyJapan · 35 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.9°C · 286 mm rain
- Kusatsu in JulyJapan · 37 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.0°C · 181 mm rain
- Kuwana in JulyJapan · 44 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.2°C · 206 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 Hikone) is explained once on the Hikone year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.