Climate averages 1991–2020
Hōfu weather
in July.
A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Hōfu: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 252 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 11 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yamaguchi (17 km away). In July its highs average 28.8°C, about as warm as Hōfu, with 283 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Hōfu ranks joint 70th of 303 for the warmest July highs and 233rd of 303 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 303 cities is 27.9°C; Hōfu is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 252 mm to 135 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
Hōfu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.6°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 65 | 10.4 | 10.210 h |
| February | 9.8°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 77 | 10.1 | 10.911 h |
| March | 13.3°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 123 | 10.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 18.1°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 141 | 10.2 | 13.013 h |
| May | 22.5°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 162 | 10.1 | 13.914 h |
| June | 25.6°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 260 | 14.2 | 14.414 h |
| July, selected | 29.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 252 | 14.1 | 14.214 h |
| August | 30.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 135 | 11.7 | 13.413 h |
| September | 27.1°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 156 | 10.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.1°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 102 | 7.4 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.5°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 78 | 8.2 | 10.410 h |
| December | 10.9°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 68 | 10.5 | 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
July in nearby cities
- Yamaguchi in JulyJapan · 17 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.3°C · 283 mm rain
- Shūnan in JulyJapan · 24 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 21.5°C · 259 mm rain
- Ube in JulyJapan · 31 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 256 mm rain
- Nakatsu in JulyJapan · 61 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 221 mm rain
- Iwakuni in JulyJapan · 61 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 255 mm rain
- Yukuhashi in JulyJapan · 65 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 238 mm rain
- Kitakyushu in JulyJapan · 70 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.5°C · 238 mm rain
- Hatsukaichi in JulyJapan · 78 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 255 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 Hōfu) is explained once on the Hōfu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.