Climate averages 1991–2020
Minato weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Minato: daytime highs average 9.5°C and nights cool to about 3.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 56 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Izumisano (27 km away). In February its highs average 9.5°C, about as warm as Minato, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Minato ranks joint 75th of 303 for the warmest February highs and joint 230th of 303 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 303 cities is 7.9°C; Minato is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 12.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 87 mm to 125 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Minato climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.7°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 83 | 11.5 | 10.110 h |
| February, selected | 9.5°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 87 | 10.9 | 10.911 h |
| March | 12.8°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 125 | 12.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.3°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 126 | 11.0 | 13.013 h |
| May | 21.4°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 149 | 10.7 | 13.914 h |
| June | 24.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 232 | 14.1 | 14.414 h |
| July | 27.8°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 195 | 13.4 | 14.214 h |
| August | 29.4°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 114 | 11.3 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 181 | 13.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 179 | 10.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.3°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 100 | 8.8 | 10.410 h |
| December | 11.1°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 86 | 10.7 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Izumisano in FebruaryJapan · 27 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 1.1°C · 68 mm rain
- Kishiwada in FebruaryJapan · 34 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 0.2°C · 68 mm rain
- Kawachi-Nagano in FebruaryJapan · 47 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -0.4°C · 71 mm rain
- Sakai in FebruaryJapan · 50 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 0.9°C · 71 mm rain
- Akashi in FebruaryJapan · 51 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 2.1°C · 61 mm rain
- Tondabayashichō in FebruaryJapan · 52 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -0.1°C · 71 mm rain
- Kobe in FebruaryJapan · 53 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 1.8°C · 66 mm rain
- Tokushima in FebruaryJapan · 56 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 3.6°C · 81 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 Minato) is explained once on the Minato year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.