Climate averages 1991–2020
Matsue weather
in January.
A cold, wet month: the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Matsue: daytime highs average 7.7°C and nights cool to about 4.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 177 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes January a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 03 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yonago (26 km away). In January its highs average 7.2°C, 0.6°C cooler than Matsue, with 193 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Matsue ranks joint 159th of 303 for the warmest January highs and 285th of 303 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 303 cities is 7.0°C; Matsue is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 8.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 177 mm to 133 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
Matsue climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 7.7°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 177 | 22.5 | 10.110 h |
| February | 8.2°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 133 | 17.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 11.0°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 134 | 15.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.4°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 108 | 10.8 | 13.113 h |
| May | 19.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 120 | 9.9 | 14.014 h |
| June | 22.8°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 145 | 11.3 | 14.515 h |
| July | 26.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 184 | 13.3 | 14.314 h |
| August | 28.1°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 123 | 11.4 | 13.513 h |
| September | 24.7°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 184 | 13.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 114 | 11.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.4°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 120 | 14.6 | 10.310 h |
| December | 10.4°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 182 | 20.7 | 9.810 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
January in nearby cities
- Yonago in JanuaryJapan · 26 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low 2.5°C · 193 mm rain
- Izumo in JanuaryJapan · 29 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 3.5°C · 96 mm rain
- Tsuyama in JanuaryJapan · 99 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -0.4°C · 45 mm rain
- Tottori-shi in JanuaryJapan · 107 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low 2.7°C · 147 mm rain
- Fukuyama in JanuaryJapan · 115 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 2.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Onomichi in JanuaryJapan · 119 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 1.5°C · 42 mm rain
- Kurashiki in JanuaryJapan · 119 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 2.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Mihara in JanuaryJapan · 120 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 1.4°C · 43 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 Matsue) is explained once on the Matsue year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.