Climate averages 1991–2020
Nagahama weather
in February.
A cold, wet month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Nagahama: daytime highs average 7.1°C and nights cool to about -0.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 102 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes February a wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 53 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hikone (15 km away). In February its highs average 7.4°C, about as warm as Nagahama, with 77 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Nagahama ranks 236th of 303 for the warmest February highs and joint 259th of 303 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 303 cities is 7.9°C; Nagahama is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 11.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 102 mm to 144 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
Nagahama climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.3°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 113 | 18.1 | 10.110 h |
| February, selected | 7.1°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 102 | 15.2 | 10.911 h |
| March | 11.2°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 144 | 15.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.6°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 152 | 13.0 | 13.113 h |
| May | 21.3°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 181 | 12.5 | 14.014 h |
| June | 24.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 228 | 15.4 | 14.515 h |
| July | 28.4°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 287 | 18.3 | 14.314 h |
| August | 29.7°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 173 | 15.7 | 13.513 h |
| September | 25.8°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 222 | 14.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.4°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 171 | 12.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.8°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 110 | 12.8 | 10.310 h |
| December | 9.1°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 111 | 17.3 | 9.810 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
- Hikone in FebruaryJapan · 15 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 0.5°C · 77 mm rain
- Youkaichi in FebruaryJapan · 30 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low -0.1°C · 69 mm rain
- Ōgaki in FebruaryJapan · 32 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low -0.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Ōmihachiman in FebruaryJapan · 32 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low 0.0°C · 78 mm rain
- Moriyama in FebruaryJapan · 44 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low 0.1°C · 66 mm rain
- Gifu in FebruaryJapan · 45 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low -1.3°C · 84 mm rain
- Kōka in FebruaryJapan · 46 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low -0.2°C · 69 mm rain
- Kusatsu in FebruaryJapan · 49 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low 0.0°C · 66 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 Nagahama) is explained once on the Nagahama year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.