Climate averages 1991–2020
Sakata weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Sakata: daytime highs average 17.9°C and nights cool to about 11.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 165 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes October a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 13 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tsuruoka (22 km away). In October its highs average 18.1°C, about as warm as Sakata, with 203 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Sakata ranks joint 271st of 303 for the warmest October highs and 140th of 303 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 303 cities is 20.4°C; Sakata is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.2°C to 11.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 165 mm to 178 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
Sakata climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Tsuruoka in OctoberJapan · 22 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 12.6°C · 203 mm rain
- Yurihonjō in OctoberJapan · 55 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 11.5°C · 185 mm rain
- Yokote in OctoberJapan · 75 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 9.0°C · 144 mm rain
- Daisen in OctoberJapan · 80 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 9.0°C · 141 mm rain
- Yamagata in OctoberJapan · 88 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 8.7°C · 118 mm rain
- Akita in OctoberJapan · 92 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 11.4°C · 179 mm rain
- Ōsaki in OctoberJapan · 104 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 9.9°C · 141 mm rain
- Ichinoseki in OctoberJapan · 111 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 9.3°C · 122 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.