Climate averages 1991–2020
Shizuoka weather
in January.
A cool, wet month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Shizuoka: daytime highs average 9.6°C and nights cool to about 2.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 94 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 05 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fujieda (17 km away). In January its highs average 9.4°C, about as warm as Shizuoka, with 88 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Shizuoka ranks joint 17th of 303 for the warmest January highs and 254th of 303 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 303 cities is 7.0°C; Shizuoka is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 10.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 94 mm to 120 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
Shizuoka climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 9.6°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 94 | 8.4 | 10.110 h |
| February | 10.3°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 120 | 9.4 | 10.911 h |
| March | 13.2°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 211 | 14.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.2°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 225 | 13.6 | 13.013 h |
| May | 21.1°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 234 | 13.9 | 14.014 h |
| June | 23.9°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 291 | 17.2 | 14.514 h |
| July | 27.5°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 323 | 18.5 | 14.314 h |
| August | 28.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 191 | 16.3 | 13.513 h |
| September | 25.8°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 277 | 16.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.4°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 247 | 14.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 16.7°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 150 | 11.4 | 10.410 h |
| December | 11.9°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 91 | 8.3 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Fujieda in JanuaryJapan · 17 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 3.4°C · 88 mm rain
- Shimada in JanuaryJapan · 26 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 3.1°C · 88 mm rain
- Fujinomiya in JanuaryJapan · 34 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 1.2°C · 101 mm rain
- Fuji, Japan in JanuaryJapan · 34 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 2.2°C · 101 mm rain
- Kakegawa in JanuaryJapan · 41 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 2.1°C · 76 mm rain
- Numazu in JanuaryJapan · 46 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 3.1°C · 95 mm rain
- Fukuroi in JanuaryJapan · 50 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 1.6°C · 76 mm rain
- Iwata in JanuaryJapan · 58 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 1.9°C · 69 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 Shizuoka) is explained once on the Shizuoka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.