Climate averages 1991–2020
Matsusaka weather
in October.
A mild, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Matsusaka: daytime highs average 21.5°C and nights cool to about 14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 258 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 11th 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 Tsu (17 km away). In October its highs average 21.6°C, about as warm as Matsusaka, with 230 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Matsusaka ranks joint 69th of 303 for the warmest October highs and 297th of 303 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 303 cities is 20.4°C; Matsusaka is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.2°C to 16.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 258 mm to 113 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
Matsusaka climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.7°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 70 | 6.1 | 10.110 h |
| February | 9.7°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 74 | 7.5 | 10.911 h |
| March | 13.3°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 130 | 11.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.1°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 146 | 10.7 | 13.013 h |
| May | 22.3°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 174 | 12.3 | 13.914 h |
| June | 25.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 252 | 16.3 | 14.414 h |
| July | 29.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 227 | 18.0 | 14.214 h |
| August | 30.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 194 | 17.5 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.7°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 272 | 16.4 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 21.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 258 | 12.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 16.3°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 113 | 8.4 | 10.410 h |
| December | 11.1°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 71 | 6.3 | 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
- Tsu in OctoberJapan · 17 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 15.1°C · 230 mm rain
- Ise in OctoberJapan · 18 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 16.0°C · 254 mm rain
- Suzuka in OctoberJapan · 34 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 14.5°C · 193 mm rain
- Nabari in OctoberJapan · 42 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 13.4°C · 201 mm rain
- Iga in OctoberJapan · 42 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 13.5°C · 202 mm rain
- Yokkaichi in OctoberJapan · 44 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 14.0°C · 193 mm rain
- Handa in OctoberJapan · 50 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 14.9°C · 179 mm rain
- Kuwana in OctoberJapan · 54 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 13.4°C · 195 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 Matsusaka) is explained once on the Matsusaka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.