Climate averages 1991–2020

Sandachō weather
in September.

A warm, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 26.3°C Daytime mean, September
Average low 19.7°C Night-time mean, September
Rainfall 196 mm 13 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Sandachō · average highYear overview

September is a warm month in Sandachō: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 19.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 196 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes September a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average September day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Takarazuka (15 km away). In September its highs average 27.4°C, 1.1°C warmer than Sandachō, with 191 mm of rain.

Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Sandachō ranks joint 115th of 303 for the warmest September highs and joint 181st of 303 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 303 cities is 25.7°C; Sandachō is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.

From September to October, average highs fall by 5.5°C to 20.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 196 mm to 154 mm.

The annual picture

September in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Sandachō climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Sandachō, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 7.4°C0.2°C0.2°C557.010.110 h
February 8.4°C0.3°C0.3°C658.310.911 h
March 12.1°C3.0°C3.0°C11211.711.912 h
April 17.3°C8.0°C8.0°C12510.913.013 h
May 22.0°C13.3°C13.3°C14711.114.014 h
June 25.3°C18.0°C18.0°C18614.014.514 h
July 28.6°C22.5°C22.5°C22116.614.314 h
August 30.1°C23.5°C23.5°C13413.913.513 h
September, selected 26.3°C19.7°C19.7°C19612.912.412 h
October 20.8°C13.6°C13.6°C1549.211.311 h
November 15.3°C7.6°C7.6°C787.010.410 h
December 9.8°C2.5°C2.5°C627.09.910 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

September in nearby cities

Distance from Sandachō

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Sandachō) is explained once on the Sandachō year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.