Climate averages 1991–2020
Minato weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Minato: daytime highs average 21.4°C and nights cool to about 15.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 179 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a wet month (the 9th 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 Izumisano (27 km away). In October its highs average 22.0°C, 0.6°C warmer than Minato, with 159 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Minato ranks joint 83rd of 303 for the warmest October highs and joint 165th of 303 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 303 cities is 20.4°C; Minato is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.1°C to 16.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 179 mm to 100 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Izumisano in OctoberJapan · 27 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 14.1°C · 159 mm rain
- Kishiwada in OctoberJapan · 34 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 13.4°C · 159 mm rain
- Kawachi-Nagano in OctoberJapan · 47 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 12.6°C · 156 mm rain
- Sakai in OctoberJapan · 50 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 14.0°C · 156 mm rain
- Akashi in OctoberJapan · 51 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 15.5°C · 151 mm rain
- Tondabayashichō in OctoberJapan · 52 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 13.0°C · 156 mm rain
- Kobe in OctoberJapan · 53 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 15.4°C · 159 mm rain
- Tokushima in OctoberJapan · 56 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 16.1°C · 231 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.