Climate averages 1991–2020
Honmachi weather
in February.
A cool, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Honmachi: daytime highs average 11.1°C and nights cool to about 3.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 92 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 00 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kumamoto (35 km away). In February its highs average 10.5°C, 0.6°C cooler than Honmachi, with 99 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Honmachi ranks 14th of 303 for the warmest February highs and joint 241st of 303 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 303 cities is 7.9°C; Honmachi is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 14.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 92 mm to 133 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Honmachi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.6°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 73 | 9.4 | 10.310 h |
| February, selected | 11.1°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 92 | 10.0 | 11.011 h |
| March | 14.6°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 133 | 12.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.5°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 151 | 11.8 | 13.013 h |
| May | 23.8°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 174 | 11.8 | 13.814 h |
| June | 26.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 428 | 18.3 | 14.214 h |
| July | 29.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 347 | 18.2 | 14.114 h |
| August | 30.8°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 162 | 16.1 | 13.313 h |
| September | 27.9°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 174 | 13.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.0°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 100 | 8.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 17.4°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 96 | 8.8 | 10.511 h |
| December | 11.8°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 83 | 9.0 | 10.110 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
February in nearby cities
- Kumamoto in FebruaryJapan · 35 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 3.4°C · 99 mm rain
- Amakusa in FebruaryJapan · 38 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 5.6°C · 89 mm rain
- Ōmuta in FebruaryJapan · 60 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 3.8°C · 85 mm rain
- Isahaya in FebruaryJapan · 64 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 5.6°C · 100 mm rain
- Nagasaki in FebruaryJapan · 72 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 6.5°C · 100 mm rain
- Ōmura in FebruaryJapan · 76 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 5.9°C · 85 mm rain
- Aira in FebruaryJapan · 81 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 4.2°C · 106 mm rain
- Sendai, Japan in FebruaryJapan · 82 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 7.0°C · 115 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 Honmachi) is explained once on the Honmachi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.