Climate averages 1991–2020
Shikokuchūō weather
in July.
A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Shikokuchūō: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 265 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 11 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Niihama (23 km away). In July its highs average 29.5°C, about as warm as Shikokuchūō, with 228 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Shikokuchūō ranks joint 8th of 303 for the warmest July highs and 247th of 303 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 303 cities is 27.9°C; Shikokuchūō is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 265 mm to 182 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Niihama in JulyJapan · 23 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 228 mm rain
- Saijō in JulyJapan · 34 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.4°C · 228 mm rain
- Marugame in JulyJapan · 40 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 23.3°C · 176 mm rain
- Kochi in JulyJapan · 47 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 374 mm rain
- Imabari in JulyJapan · 52 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 225 mm rain
- Onomichi in JulyJapan · 59 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 189 mm rain
- Fukuyama in JulyJapan · 59 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.1°C · 189 mm rain
- Takamatsu in JulyJapan · 61 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 189 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.