Climate averages 1991–2020
Miyakonojō weather
in July.
A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Miyakonojō: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 280 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 00 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kirishima (29 km away). In July its highs average 30.4°C, 0.7°C warmer than Miyakonojō, with 299 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Miyakonojō ranks joint 8th of 303 for the warmest July highs and 268th of 303 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 303 cities is 27.9°C; Miyakonojō is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 280 mm to 199 mm.
The annual picture
July 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
Miyakonojō climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.0°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 81 | 7.7 | 10.310 h |
| February | 12.5°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 102 | 8.7 | 11.011 h |
| March | 15.7°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 159 | 12.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.9°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 182 | 12.0 | 12.913 h |
| May | 23.6°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 207 | 12.3 | 13.814 h |
| June | 25.8°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 460 | 20.7 | 14.214 h |
| July, selected | 29.7°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 280 | 20.2 | 14.014 h |
| August | 30.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 199 | 19.8 | 13.313 h |
| September | 27.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 233 | 16.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.2°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 137 | 10.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.3°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 108 | 8.6 | 10.611 h |
| December | 13.1°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 81 | 6.6 | 10.110 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
July in nearby cities
- Kirishima in JulyJapan · 29 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 299 mm rain
- Miyazaki in JulyJapan · 39 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.3°C · 224 mm rain
- Kanoya in JulyJapan · 44 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 285 mm rain
- Aira in JulyJapan · 45 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.6°C · 336 mm rain
- Kagoshima in JulyJapan · 52 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 300 mm rain
- Sendai, Japan in JulyJapan · 73 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.6°C · 324 mm rain
- Honmachi in JulyJapan · 96 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 347 mm rain
- Nobeoka in JulyJapan · 110 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 264 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 Miyakonojō) is explained once on the Miyakonojō year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.