Climate averages 1991–2020
Mito weather
in October.
A mild, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Mito: daytime highs average 20.1°C and nights cool to about 14.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 212 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes October a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 18 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hitachi-Naka (9 km away). In October its highs average 19.8°C, about as warm as Mito, with 196 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Mito ranks joint 202nd of 303 for the warmest October highs and joint 250th of 303 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 303 cities is 20.4°C; Mito is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.0°C to 15.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 212 mm to 106 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
Mito climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.7°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 72 | 7.6 | 10.010 h |
| February | 8.5°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 72 | 8.2 | 10.811 h |
| March | 11.8°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 126 | 13.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.6°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 124 | 12.3 | 13.113 h |
| May | 20.7°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 148 | 12.6 | 14.114 h |
| June | 23.4°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 159 | 14.0 | 14.615 h |
| July | 26.9°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 162 | 14.8 | 14.414 h |
| August | 28.3°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 111 | 12.0 | 13.514 h |
| September | 25.1°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 176 | 14.1 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 20.1°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 212 | 13.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.1°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 106 | 10.5 | 10.310 h |
| December | 10.0°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 71 | 8.5 | 9.710 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
- Hitachi-Naka in OctoberJapan · 9 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 14.8°C · 196 mm rain
- Kasama, Japan in OctoberJapan · 17 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 12.8°C · 179 mm rain
- Ishioka in OctoberJapan · 25 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 14.4°C · 191 mm rain
- Hitachi in OctoberJapan · 33 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 14.8°C · 211 mm rain
- Tsuchiura in OctoberJapan · 36 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.2°C · 191 mm rain
- Mooka in OctoberJapan · 40 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 12.3°C · 164 mm rain
- Chikusei in OctoberJapan · 42 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 13.0°C · 176 mm rain
- Tsukuba in OctoberJapan · 42 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 13.8°C · 186 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 Mito) is explained once on the Mito year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.