Climate averages 1991–2020
Kirishima 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 Kirishima: daytime highs average 12.7°C and nights cool to about 3.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 104 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes February a wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 02 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aira (17 km away). In February its highs average 11.8°C, 0.8°C cooler than Kirishima, with 106 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Kirishima ranks joint 5th of 303 for the warmest February highs and joint 261st of 303 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 303 cities is 7.9°C; Kirishima is 4.8°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 16.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 104 mm to 157 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
Kirishima climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.2°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 80 | 8.3 | 10.310 h |
| February, selected | 12.7°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 104 | 9.1 | 11.011 h |
| March | 16.1°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 157 | 12.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.6°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 181 | 11.8 | 12.913 h |
| May | 24.5°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 205 | 11.7 | 13.814 h |
| June | 26.7°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 488 | 19.9 | 14.214 h |
| July | 30.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 299 | 19.3 | 14.014 h |
| August | 31.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 174 | 18.3 | 13.313 h |
| September | 28.7°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 202 | 15.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.2°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 114 | 9.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.8°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 107 | 8.2 | 10.611 h |
| December | 13.4°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 81 | 7.1 | 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
- Aira in FebruaryJapan · 17 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 4.2°C · 106 mm rain
- Kagoshima in FebruaryJapan · 28 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 6.2°C · 104 mm rain
- Miyakonojō in FebruaryJapan · 29 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 3.8°C · 102 mm rain
- Kanoya in FebruaryJapan · 41 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 5.4°C · 104 mm rain
- Sendai, Japan in FebruaryJapan · 45 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 7.0°C · 115 mm rain
- Miyazaki in FebruaryJapan · 65 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 6.0°C · 100 mm rain
- Honmachi in FebruaryJapan · 86 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 3.8°C · 92 mm rain
- Amakusa in FebruaryJapan · 96 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 5.6°C · 89 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 Kirishima) is explained once on the Kirishima year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.