Climate averages 1991–2020

Kurashiki weather
in September.

A warm, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 27.1°C Daytime mean, September
Average low 20.9°C Night-time mean, September
Rainfall 153 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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September is a warm month in Kurashiki: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 153 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes September a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average September day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Okayama (17 km away). In September its highs average 27.2°C, about as warm as Kurashiki, with 167 mm of rain.

Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Kurashiki ranks joint 42nd of 303 for the warmest September highs and joint 30th of 303 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 303 cities is 25.7°C; Kurashiki is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.

From September to October, average highs fall by 5.3°C to 21.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 153 mm to 121 mm.

The annual picture

September in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 05101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2000

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Kurashiki, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 9.1°C2.7°C2.7°C517.710.110 h
February 10.0°C2.8°C2.8°C618.210.911 h
March 13.3°C5.2°C5.2°C10110.011.912 h
April 18.2°C9.7°C9.7°C11510.213.013 h
May 22.5°C14.5°C14.5°C13210.213.914 h
June 25.6°C18.9°C18.9°C17811.814.414 h
July 29.2°C23.4°C23.4°C17112.114.214 h
August 30.7°C24.6°C24.6°C959.213.413 h
September, selected 27.1°C20.9°C20.9°C15310.612.412 h
October 21.8°C15.0°C15.0°C1218.411.311 h
November 16.5°C9.5°C9.5°C606.910.410 h
December 11.3°C4.8°C4.8°C557.59.910 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

September in nearby cities

Distance from Kurashiki

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 limits

How 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.