Climate averages 1991–2020
Ōtawara weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Ōtawara: daytime highs average 18.6°C and nights cool to about 10.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 169 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes October a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 17 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nasushiobara (13 km away). In October its highs average 18.3°C, about as warm as Ōtawara, with 185 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Ōtawara ranks joint 257th of 303 for the warmest October highs and 146th of 303 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 303 cities is 20.4°C; Ōtawara is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.3°C to 13.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 169 mm to 80 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
Ōtawara 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-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 54 | 7.1 | 9.910 h |
| February | 6.2°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 54 | 7.6 | 10.811 h |
| March | 10.0°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 104 | 12.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.7°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 121 | 12.4 | 13.113 h |
| May | 20.6°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 142 | 13.4 | 14.114 h |
| June | 23.5°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 163 | 16.2 | 14.615 h |
| July | 26.8°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 212 | 19.7 | 14.414 h |
| August | 27.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 162 | 16.7 | 13.614 h |
| September | 24.0°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 193 | 15.3 | 12.512 h |
| October, selected | 18.6°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 169 | 12.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.3°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 80 | 8.4 | 10.210 h |
| December | 8.1°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 51 | 6.8 | 9.710 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
- Nasushiobara in OctoberJapan · 13 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 10.8°C · 185 mm rain
- Utsunomiya in OctoberJapan · 36 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 11.1°C · 164 mm rain
- Nikkō in OctoberJapan · 39 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 10.0°C · 198 mm rain
- Kanuma in OctoberJapan · 44 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 11.6°C · 206 mm rain
- Mooka in OctoberJapan · 48 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 12.3°C · 164 mm rain
- Sukagawa in OctoberJapan · 56 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 10.5°C · 150 mm rain
- Kasama, Japan in OctoberJapan · 58 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 12.8°C · 179 mm rain
- Tochigi in OctoberJapan · 60 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 12.6°C · 206 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 Ōtawara) is explained once on the Ōtawara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.