Climate averages 1991–2020
Obihiro weather
in October.
A cool, 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 cool month in Obihiro: daytime highs average 14.6°C and nights cool to about 4.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 110 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes October a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 05 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kushiro (95 km away). In October its highs average 13.9°C, 0.7°C cooler than Obihiro, with 118 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Obihiro ranks 293rd of 303 for the warmest October highs and joint 39th of 303 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 303 cities is 20.4°C; Obihiro is 5.7°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.5°C to 7.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 110 mm to 75 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Obihiro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.7°C-14.8°C | -14.8°C | 53 | 6.2 | 9.49 h |
| February | -2.5°C-13.5°C | -13.5°C | 42 | 6.5 | 10.510 h |
| March | 2.2°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 68 | 9.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 9.3°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 84 | 10.4 | 13.413 h |
| May | 16.3°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 107 | 11.3 | 14.615 h |
| June | 19.5°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 98 | 11.0 | 15.315 h |
| July | 22.8°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 126 | 12.8 | 15.015 h |
| August | 23.7°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 168 | 13.7 | 13.914 h |
| September | 20.4°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 165 | 12.8 | 12.513 h |
| October, selected | 14.6°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 110 | 9.6 | 11.111 h |
| November | 7.1°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 75 | 8.9 | 9.810 h |
| December | -0.8°C-10.6°C | -10.6°C | 68 | 7.6 | 9.19 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Kushiro in OctoberJapan · 95 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 8.4°C · 118 mm rain
- Kitami in OctoberJapan · 113 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 5.3°C · 90 mm rain
- Asahikawa in OctoberJapan · 117 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 4.6°C · 115 mm rain
- Iwamizawa in OctoberJapan · 122 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 6.3°C · 92 mm rain
- Chitose in OctoberJapan · 127 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 7.6°C · 91 mm rain
- Eniwa in OctoberJapan · 133 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 6.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Tomakomai in OctoberJapan · 134 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 8.8°C · 110 mm rain
- Ebetsu in OctoberJapan · 136 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 6.7°C · 87 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 Obihiro) is explained once on the Obihiro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.