Climate averages 1991–2020
Niigata weather
in February.
A cold, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Niigata: daytime highs average 4.7°C and nights cool to about -0.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 115 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes February a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 46 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shibata (26 km away). In February its highs average 3.8°C, 0.9°C cooler than Niigata, with 149 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Niigata ranks joint 255th of 303 for the warmest February highs and joint 275th of 303 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 303 cities is 7.9°C; Niigata is 3.2°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 8.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 115 mm to 110 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
Niigata climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.2°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 178 | 26.6 | 9.910 h |
| February, selected | 4.7°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 115 | 21.3 | 10.811 h |
| March | 8.6°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 110 | 18.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.1°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 90 | 12.6 | 13.213 h |
| May | 19.4°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 99 | 11.8 | 14.214 h |
| June | 23.1°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 123 | 11.2 | 14.715 h |
| July | 26.6°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 226 | 15.2 | 14.515 h |
| August | 28.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 159 | 12.9 | 13.614 h |
| September | 24.7°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 146 | 14.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 155 | 15.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 13.2°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 164 | 19.7 | 10.210 h |
| December | 7.5°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 195 | 25.4 | 9.610 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
- Shibata in FebruaryJapan · 26 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -2.4°C · 149 mm rain
- Tsubame in FebruaryJapan · 30 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -1.4°C · 118 mm rain
- Sanjō in FebruaryJapan · 35 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -2.4°C · 151 mm rain
- Nagaoka in FebruaryJapan · 55 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -2.7°C · 127 mm rain
- Kashiwazaki in FebruaryJapan · 75 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -1.9°C · 157 mm rain
- Aizu-Wakamatsu in FebruaryJapan · 93 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -3.6°C · 74 mm rain
- Yonezawa in FebruaryJapan · 94 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -4.4°C · 138 mm rain
- Jōetsu in FebruaryJapan · 112 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -1.3°C · 179 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 Niigata) is explained once on the Niigata year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.