Climate averages 1991–2020
Kure weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Kure: daytime highs average 20.8°C and nights cool to about 16.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 113 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes October a wet month (the 5th 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 Hiroshima (22 km away). In October its highs average 21.5°C, 0.7°C warmer than Kure, with 109 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Kure ranks joint 139th of 303 for the warmest October highs and joint 46th of 303 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 303 cities is 20.4°C; Kure is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.1°C to 15.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 113 mm to 70 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
Kure climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.2°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 51 | 5.9 | 10.110 h |
| February | 9.0°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 71 | 7.9 | 10.911 h |
| March | 11.9°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 116 | 9.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.2°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 136 | 10.0 | 13.013 h |
| May | 20.2°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 155 | 9.9 | 13.914 h |
| June | 23.2°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 226 | 13.1 | 14.414 h |
| July | 26.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 220 | 13.0 | 14.214 h |
| August | 28.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 120 | 10.8 | 13.413 h |
| September | 25.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 163 | 11.1 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 20.8°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 113 | 7.5 | 11.411 h |
| November | 15.7°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 70 | 6.8 | 10.410 h |
| December | 10.6°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 61 | 6.7 | 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
- Hiroshima in OctoberJapan · 22 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 13.7°C · 109 mm rain
- Higashihiroshima in OctoberJapan · 25 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 13.2°C · 102 mm rain
- Hatsukaichi in OctoberJapan · 25 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 14.5°C · 116 mm rain
- Iwakuni in OctoberJapan · 33 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 15.5°C · 116 mm rain
- Imabari in OctoberJapan · 44 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 16.8°C · 148 mm rain
- Matsuyama in OctoberJapan · 47 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 16.0°C · 141 mm rain
- Mihara in OctoberJapan · 51 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 14.2°C · 103 mm rain
- Onomichi in OctoberJapan · 62 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 14.3°C · 105 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 Kure) is explained once on the Kure year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.