Climate averages 1991–2020
Kushiro weather
in August.
A mild, wet month: the warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Kushiro: daytime highs average 20.3°C and nights cool to about 16.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 147 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes August a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 56 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Obihiro (95 km away). In August its highs average 23.7°C, 3.4°C warmer than Kushiro, with 168 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Kushiro ranks 303rd of 303 for the warmest August highs and joint 153rd of 303 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 303 cities is 29.2°C; Kushiro is 8.9°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 18.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 147 mm to 160 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Kushiro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.8°C-8.2°C | -8.2°C | 51 | 6.3 | 9.49 h |
| February | -1.8°C-9.2°C | -9.2°C | 38 | 6.2 | 10.510 h |
| March | 1.7°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 68 | 8.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 6.8°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 85 | 9.4 | 13.413 h |
| May | 11.1°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 105 | 10.5 | 14.615 h |
| June | 14.3°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 85 | 9.3 | 15.315 h |
| July | 18.1°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 125 | 10.7 | 15.015 h |
| August, selected | 20.3°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 147 | 12.1 | 13.914 h |
| September | 18.6°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 160 | 11.5 | 12.513 h |
| October | 13.9°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 118 | 9.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 7.7°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 75 | 8.6 | 9.810 h |
| December | 1.2°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 71 | 8.2 | 9.19 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
August in nearby cities
- Obihiro in AugustJapan · 95 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 16.5°C · 168 mm rain
- Kitami in AugustJapan · 100 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 16.3°C · 134 mm rain
- Asahikawa in AugustJapan · 185 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 16.5°C · 171 mm rain
- Iwamizawa in AugustJapan · 214 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 17.5°C · 161 mm rain
- Chitose in AugustJapan · 222 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 17.8°C · 162 mm rain
- Eniwa in AugustJapan · 228 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 17.4°C · 171 mm rain
- Tomakomai in AugustJapan · 229 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 18.2°C · 197 mm rain
- Ebetsu in AugustJapan · 230 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 17.6°C · 171 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 Kushiro) is explained once on the Kushiro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.