Climate averages 1991–2020
Kitami weather
in October.
A cool, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Kitami: daytime highs average 14.1°C and nights cool to about 5.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 90 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes October a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 03 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kushiro (100 km away). In October its highs average 13.9°C, about as warm as Kitami, with 118 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Kitami ranks joint 300th of 303 for the warmest October highs and 3rd of 303 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 303 cities is 20.4°C; Kitami is 6.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.7°C to 6.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 90 mm to 65 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Kitami climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.4°C-13.1°C | -13.1°C | 57 | 8.3 | 9.39 h |
| February | -3.8°C-12.6°C | -12.6°C | 44 | 7.0 | 10.410 h |
| March | 1.0°C-7.8°C | -7.8°C | 60 | 9.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 8.2°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 69 | 11.6 | 13.413 h |
| May | 15.4°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 77 | 11.6 | 14.715 h |
| June | 19.2°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 77 | 11.1 | 15.415 h |
| July | 22.8°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 107 | 11.6 | 15.115 h |
| August | 23.6°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 134 | 12.5 | 14.014 h |
| September | 20.0°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 122 | 12.0 | 12.613 h |
| October, selected | 14.1°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 90 | 9.8 | 11.111 h |
| November | 6.3°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 65 | 9.6 | 9.710 h |
| December | -1.3°C-9.8°C | -9.8°C | 71 | 8.9 | 9.09 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Kushiro in OctoberJapan · 100 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 8.4°C · 118 mm rain
- Obihiro in OctoberJapan · 113 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 4.8°C · 110 mm rain
- Asahikawa in OctoberJapan · 123 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 4.6°C · 115 mm rain
- Iwamizawa in OctoberJapan · 184 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 6.3°C · 92 mm rain
- Ebetsu in OctoberJapan · 204 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 6.7°C · 87 mm rain
- Chitose in OctoberJapan · 212 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 7.6°C · 91 mm rain
- Eniwa in OctoberJapan · 213 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 6.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Sapporo in OctoberJapan · 221 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 8.0°C · 99 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 Kitami) is explained once on the Kitami year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.