Climate averages 1991–2020
Ōmihachiman weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Ōmihachiman: daytime highs average 8.0°C and nights cool to about 0.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 53 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Youkaichi (9 km away). In February its highs average 8.0°C, about as warm as Ōmihachiman, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Ōmihachiman ranks joint 214th of 303 for the warmest February highs and joint 190th of 303 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 303 cities is 7.9°C; Ōmihachiman is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 11.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 78 mm to 116 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
Ōmihachiman climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 81 | 13.9 | 10.110 h |
| February, selected | 8.0°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 78 | 13.0 | 10.911 h |
| March | 11.8°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 116 | 13.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.2°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 123 | 11.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 21.9°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 148 | 11.6 | 14.014 h |
| June | 25.3°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 186 | 14.0 | 14.514 h |
| July | 28.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 210 | 15.9 | 14.314 h |
| August | 30.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 122 | 12.3 | 13.513 h |
| September | 26.2°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 179 | 12.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.5°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 152 | 10.8 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.1°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 81 | 9.0 | 10.410 h |
| December | 9.6°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 75 | 11.6 | 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
- Youkaichi in FebruaryJapan · 9 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low -0.1°C · 69 mm rain
- Moriyama in FebruaryJapan · 12 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low 0.1°C · 66 mm rain
- Kusatsu in FebruaryJapan · 17 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low 0.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Kōka in FebruaryJapan · 17 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low -0.2°C · 69 mm rain
- Hikone in FebruaryJapan · 19 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 0.5°C · 77 mm rain
- Ōtsu in FebruaryJapan · 25 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low -0.3°C · 71 mm rain
- Nagahama in FebruaryJapan · 32 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -0.1°C · 102 mm rain
- Kyoto in FebruaryJapan · 33 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 0.2°C · 71 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 Ōmihachiman) is explained once on the Ōmihachiman year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.