Climate averages 1991–2020

Hitachi weather
in July.

A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

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

Average high 26.4°C Daytime mean, July
Average low 21.3°C Night-time mean, July
Rainfall 162 mm 14 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Hitachi · average highYear overview

July is a warm month in Hitachi: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 162 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes July a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 24 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Hitachi-Naka (25 km away). In July its highs average 25.9°C, 0.6°C cooler than Hitachi, with 178 mm of rain.

Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Hitachi ranks 259th of 303 for the warmest July highs and joint 58th of 303 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 303 cities is 27.9°C; Hitachi is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 162 mm to 111 mm.

The annual picture

July 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. -5051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall 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

Hitachi climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Hitachi, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 7.3°C1.3°C1.3°C738.110.010 h
February 7.9°C1.2°C1.2°C728.310.811 h
March 11.1°C3.5°C3.5°C12712.711.912 h
April 15.8°C7.8°C7.8°C12512.013.113 h
May 20.0°C12.9°C12.9°C14412.514.114 h
June 22.9°C17.3°C17.3°C14814.314.615 h
July, selected 26.4°C21.3°C21.3°C16214.114.414 h
August 27.8°C22.9°C22.9°C11111.413.614 h
September 24.7°C20.1°C20.1°C17414.112.412 h
October 19.8°C14.8°C14.8°C21113.211.311 h
November 14.8°C9.0°C9.0°C10810.110.310 h
December 9.7°C3.9°C3.9°C728.79.710 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

Distance from Hitachi

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