Climate averages 1991–2020

Kure weather
in June.

A warm, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the wettest of the year.

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

Average high 23.2°C Daytime mean, June
Average low 18.7°C Night-time mean, June
Rainfall 226 mm 13 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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June is a warm month in Kure: daytime highs average 23.2°C and nights cool to about 18.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 226 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes June a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 24 min on an average June day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Hiroshima (22 km away). In June its highs average 25.8°C, 2.6°C warmer than Kure, with 215 mm of rain.

Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Kure ranks joint 252nd of 303 for the warmest June highs and 220th of 303 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 303 cities is 24.4°C; Kure is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.

From June to July, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 226 mm to 220 mm.

The annual picture

June 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 2500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Kure climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Kure, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 8.2°C3.5°C3.5°C515.910.110 h
February 9.0°C3.6°C3.6°C717.910.911 h
March 11.9°C5.9°C5.9°C1169.911.912 h
April 16.2°C10.1°C10.1°C13610.013.013 h
May 20.2°C14.6°C14.6°C1559.913.914 h
June, selected 23.2°C18.7°C18.7°C22613.114.414 h
July 26.8°C22.8°C22.8°C22013.014.214 h
August 28.4°C24.2°C24.2°C12010.813.413 h
September 25.5°C21.1°C21.1°C16311.112.412 h
October 20.8°C16.0°C16.0°C1137.511.411 h
November 15.7°C10.8°C10.8°C706.810.410 h
December 10.6°C5.8°C5.8°C616.79.910 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

June in nearby cities

Distance from Kure

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 Kure) is explained once on the Kure year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.