Climate averages 1991–2020
Shikokuchūō weather
in February.
A cool, 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 Shikokuchūō: daytime highs average 9.8°C and nights cool to about 2.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 90 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes February a wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 57 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Niihama (23 km away). In February its highs average 10.1°C, about as warm as Shikokuchūō, with 86 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Shikokuchūō ranks joint 52nd of 303 for the warmest February highs and joint 235th of 303 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 303 cities is 7.9°C; Shikokuchūō is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 13.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 90 mm to 128 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
Shikokuchūō climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.7°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 80 | 13.7 | 10.210 h |
| February, selected | 9.8°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 90 | 12.1 | 10.911 h |
| March | 13.5°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 128 | 13.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 18.6°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 142 | 11.9 | 13.013 h |
| May | 23.0°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 170 | 12.1 | 13.914 h |
| June | 26.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 268 | 16.3 | 14.414 h |
| July | 29.7°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 265 | 17.5 | 14.214 h |
| August | 30.7°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 182 | 16.6 | 13.413 h |
| September | 27.1°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 249 | 15.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.8°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 189 | 11.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.5°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 98 | 10.3 | 10.410 h |
| December | 11.1°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 93 | 12.5 | 9.910 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
February in nearby cities
- Niihama in FebruaryJapan · 23 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 3.3°C · 86 mm rain
- Saijō in FebruaryJapan · 34 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 3.1°C · 86 mm rain
- Marugame in FebruaryJapan · 40 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 3.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Kochi in FebruaryJapan · 47 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 2.3°C · 100 mm rain
- Imabari in FebruaryJapan · 52 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 4.1°C · 80 mm rain
- Onomichi in FebruaryJapan · 59 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 1.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Fukuyama in FebruaryJapan · 59 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 2.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Takamatsu in FebruaryJapan · 61 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 3.4°C · 67 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 Shikokuchūō) is explained once on the Shikokuchūō year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.