Climate averages 1991–2020
Shizuoka weather
in October.
A mild, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Shizuoka: daytime highs average 21.4°C and nights cool to about 15.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 247 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 20 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fujieda (17 km away). In October its highs average 21.1°C, about as warm as Shizuoka, with 251 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Shizuoka ranks joint 83rd of 303 for the warmest October highs and 290th of 303 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 303 cities is 20.4°C; Shizuoka is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.6°C to 16.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 247 mm to 150 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
Shizuoka climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Fujieda in OctoberJapan · 17 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 16.3°C · 251 mm rain
- Shimada in OctoberJapan · 26 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 16.2°C · 251 mm rain
- Fujinomiya in OctoberJapan · 34 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 14.3°C · 296 mm rain
- Fuji, Japan in OctoberJapan · 34 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 15.4°C · 265 mm rain
- Kakegawa in OctoberJapan · 41 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 15.7°C · 227 mm rain
- Numazu in OctoberJapan · 46 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 15.9°C · 245 mm rain
- Fukuroi in OctoberJapan · 50 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 227 mm rain
- Iwata in OctoberJapan · 58 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 15.4°C · 216 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.