Climate averages 1991–2020
Kurashiki weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Kurashiki: daytime highs average 21.8°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 121 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes October a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 21 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Okayama (17 km away). In October its highs average 21.8°C, about as warm as Kurashiki, with 114 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Kurashiki ranks joint 41st of 303 for the warmest October highs and 62nd of 303 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 303 cities is 20.4°C; Kurashiki is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.3°C to 16.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 121 mm to 60 mm.
The annual picture
October 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
Kurashiki climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.1°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 51 | 7.7 | 10.110 h |
| February | 10.0°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 61 | 8.2 | 10.911 h |
| March | 13.3°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 101 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.2°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 115 | 10.2 | 13.013 h |
| May | 22.5°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 132 | 10.2 | 13.914 h |
| June | 25.6°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 178 | 11.8 | 14.414 h |
| July | 29.2°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 171 | 12.1 | 14.214 h |
| August | 30.7°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 95 | 9.2 | 13.413 h |
| September | 27.1°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 153 | 10.6 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 21.8°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 121 | 8.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 16.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 60 | 6.9 | 10.410 h |
| December | 11.3°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 55 | 7.5 | 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
October in nearby cities
- Okayama in OctoberJapan · 17 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 13.8°C · 114 mm rain
- Marugame in OctoberJapan · 33 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 15.8°C · 134 mm rain
- Takamatsu in OctoberJapan · 38 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 16.0°C · 146 mm rain
- Fukuyama in OctoberJapan · 38 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 14.6°C · 105 mm rain
- Onomichi in OctoberJapan · 55 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 14.3°C · 105 mm rain
- Tsuyama in OctoberJapan · 56 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 12.6°C · 113 mm rain
- Mihara in OctoberJapan · 66 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 14.2°C · 103 mm rain
- Shikokuchūō in OctoberJapan · 70 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 15.4°C · 189 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 Kurashiki) is explained once on the Kurashiki year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.