Climate averages 1991–2020
Nakatsugawa weather
in October.
A mild, very wet month: the 6th 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 Nakatsugawa: daytime highs average 20.7°C and nights cool to about 11.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 205 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 19 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Iida (29 km away). In October its highs average 19.8°C, 0.9°C cooler than Nakatsugawa, with 210 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Nakatsugawa ranks joint 158th of 303 for the warmest October highs and 222nd of 303 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 303 cities is 20.4°C; Nakatsugawa is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.0°C to 14.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 205 mm to 129 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
Nakatsugawa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.3°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 96 | 11.9 | 10.110 h |
| February | 6.7°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 108 | 10.2 | 10.911 h |
| March | 11.3°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 174 | 12.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.1°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 187 | 13.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 21.9°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 204 | 13.8 | 14.014 h |
| June | 24.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 278 | 17.9 | 14.515 h |
| July | 28.1°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 335 | 20.7 | 14.314 h |
| August | 29.6°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 198 | 18.9 | 13.513 h |
| September | 26.2°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 234 | 15.3 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 20.7°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 205 | 12.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.7°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 129 | 10.4 | 10.310 h |
| December | 8.4°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 100 | 12.2 | 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
October in nearby cities
- Iida in OctoberJapan · 29 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 11.3°C · 210 mm rain
- Tajimi in OctoberJapan · 38 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 12.4°C · 200 mm rain
- Kani in OctoberJapan · 41 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 12.1°C · 175 mm rain
- Seto in OctoberJapan · 46 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 12.8°C · 171 mm rain
- Sekimachi in OctoberJapan · 53 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 12.3°C · 175 mm rain
- Kasugai in OctoberJapan · 55 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.0°C · 171 mm rain
- Toyota in OctoberJapan · 55 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 13.0°C · 204 mm rain
- Komaki in OctoberJapan · 57 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 12.5°C · 171 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 Nakatsugawa) is explained once on the Nakatsugawa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.