Climate averages 1991–2020
Himeji weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Himeji: daytime highs average 21.1°C and nights cool to about 14.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 151 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 20 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kakogawachō-honmachi (13 km away). In October its highs average 21.1°C, about as warm as Himeji, with 151 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Himeji ranks joint 110th of 303 for the warmest October highs and joint 104th of 303 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 303 cities is 20.4°C; Himeji is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.3°C to 15.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 151 mm to 77 mm.
The annual picture
October 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
Himeji climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.2°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 52 | 7.1 | 10.110 h |
| February | 9.0°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 65 | 7.7 | 10.911 h |
| March | 12.2°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 109 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.7°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 127 | 10.1 | 13.013 h |
| May | 20.8°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 145 | 10.1 | 14.014 h |
| June | 24.0°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 180 | 12.4 | 14.514 h |
| July | 27.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 191 | 12.9 | 14.214 h |
| August | 29.0°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 114 | 10.9 | 13.513 h |
| September | 26.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 202 | 12.6 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 21.1°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 151 | 9.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.8°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 77 | 7.3 | 10.410 h |
| December | 10.6°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 64 | 7.3 | 9.910 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
October in nearby cities
- Kakogawachō-honmachi in OctoberJapan · 13 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 15.2°C · 151 mm rain
- Tatsuno in OctoberJapan · 14 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 15.3°C · 144 mm rain
- Miki in OctoberJapan · 26 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 14.9°C · 151 mm rain
- Akashi in OctoberJapan · 33 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 15.5°C · 151 mm rain
- Kobe in OctoberJapan · 46 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 15.4°C · 159 mm rain
- Sandachō in OctoberJapan · 49 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 13.6°C · 154 mm rain
- Nishinomiya in OctoberJapan · 59 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 14.9°C · 159 mm rain
- Takarazuka in OctoberJapan · 60 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 159 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 Himeji) is explained once on the Himeji year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Kakogawachō-honmachi lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.