Climate averages 1991–2020
Sakata weather
in January.
A cold, very wet month: the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Sakata: daytime highs average 2.4°C and nights cool to about -1.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 189 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 46 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tsuruoka (22 km away). In January its highs average 2.8°C, about as warm as Sakata, with 285 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Sakata ranks 272nd of 303 for the warmest January highs and 288th of 303 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 303 cities is 7.0°C; Sakata is 4.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 2.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 189 mm to 131 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
Sakata climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 2.4°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 189 | 26.3 | 9.810 h |
| February | 2.9°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 131 | 21.8 | 10.711 h |
| March | 6.6°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 126 | 18.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.2°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 111 | 14.3 | 13.213 h |
| May | 18.8°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 116 | 12.8 | 14.314 h |
| June | 22.7°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 129 | 11.5 | 14.815 h |
| July | 25.9°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 233 | 16.1 | 14.615 h |
| August | 27.4°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 184 | 14.6 | 13.714 h |
| September | 23.8°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 163 | 14.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.9°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 165 | 15.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 11.8°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 178 | 19.9 | 10.110 h |
| December | 5.6°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 216 | 25.1 | 9.59 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
January in nearby cities
- Tsuruoka in JanuaryJapan · 22 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -0.5°C · 285 mm rain
- Yurihonjō in JanuaryJapan · 55 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -2.5°C · 214 mm precipitation
- Yokote in JanuaryJapan · 75 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -6.3°C · 118 mm precipitation
- Daisen in JanuaryJapan · 80 kmHigh 0.8°C · Low -5.9°C · 111 mm precipitation
- Yamagata in JanuaryJapan · 88 kmHigh 0.8°C · Low -6.4°C · 126 mm precipitation
- Akita in JanuaryJapan · 92 kmHigh 1.6°C · Low -2.6°C · 164 mm precipitation
- Ōsaki in JanuaryJapan · 104 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -4.2°C · 56 mm rain
- Ichinoseki in JanuaryJapan · 111 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -5.2°C · 51 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 Sakata) is explained once on the Sakata year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.