Climate averages 1991–2020
Niigata weather
in June.
A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a warm month in Niigata: daytime highs average 23.1°C and nights cool to about 16.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 123 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes June a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 45 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shibata (26 km away). In June its highs average 23.9°C, 0.8°C warmer than Niigata, with 155 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Niigata ranks joint 255th of 303 for the warmest June highs and joint 28th of 303 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 303 cities is 24.4°C; Niigata is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 123 mm to 226 mm.
The annual picture
June 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 | 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Shibata in JuneJapan · 26 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 15.6°C · 155 mm rain
- Tsubame in JuneJapan · 30 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 16.2°C · 117 mm rain
- Sanjō in JuneJapan · 35 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.8°C · 143 mm rain
- Nagaoka in JuneJapan · 55 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.7°C · 115 mm rain
- Kashiwazaki in JuneJapan · 75 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 16.1°C · 126 mm rain
- Aizu-Wakamatsu in JuneJapan · 93 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 14.9°C · 117 mm rain
- Yonezawa in JuneJapan · 94 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 155 mm rain
- Jōetsu in JuneJapan · 112 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 16.4°C · 115 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.