Climate averages 1991–2020
Miyazaki weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Miyazaki: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 209 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 19 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Miyakonojō (39 km away). In August its highs average 30.1°C, 0.8°C warmer than Miyazaki, with 199 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Miyazaki ranks joint 168th of 303 for the warmest August highs and 296th of 303 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 303 cities is 29.2°C; Miyazaki is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 209 mm to 268 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Miyazaki climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.6°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 78 | 7.0 | 10.310 h |
| February | 12.7°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 100 | 8.2 | 11.011 h |
| March | 15.6°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 154 | 12.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.5°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 175 | 11.7 | 12.913 h |
| May | 22.8°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 200 | 12.6 | 13.814 h |
| June | 25.2°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 387 | 17.6 | 14.214 h |
| July | 28.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 224 | 14.1 | 14.014 h |
| August, selected | 29.4°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 209 | 15.6 | 13.313 h |
| September | 27.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 268 | 15.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.9°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 174 | 10.5 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.4°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 108 | 8.4 | 10.611 h |
| December | 13.6°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 80 | 6.3 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Miyakonojō in AugustJapan · 39 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 199 mm rain
- Kirishima in AugustJapan · 65 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 174 mm rain
- Nobeoka in AugustJapan · 78 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.0°C · 242 mm rain
- Aira in AugustJapan · 79 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 173 mm rain
- Kanoya in AugustJapan · 80 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 178 mm rain
- Kagoshima in AugustJapan · 91 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 25.3°C · 167 mm rain
- Honmachi in AugustJapan · 101 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.6°C · 162 mm rain
- Sendai, Japan in AugustJapan · 106 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 25.5°C · 166 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 Miyazaki) is explained once on the Miyazaki year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.