Climate averages 1991–2020

Tatsuno weather
in October.

A mild, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

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

Average high 21.0°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 15.3°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 144 mm 9 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Tatsuno · average highYear overview

October is a mild month in Tatsuno: daytime highs average 21.0°C and nights cool to about 15.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 144 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a wet month (the 8th 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 Himeji (14 km away). In October its highs average 21.1°C, about as warm as Tatsuno, with 151 mm of rain.

Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Tatsuno ranks joint 120th of 303 for the warmest October highs and joint 92nd of 303 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 303 cities is 20.4°C; Tatsuno is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 5.3°C to 15.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 144 mm to 74 mm.

The annual picture

October 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. 05101520253035 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 2000

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

Every month, side by side

Tatsuno climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Tatsuno, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 8.1°C2.4°C2.4°C507.110.110 h
February 8.9°C2.5°C2.5°C647.910.911 h
March 12.1°C4.8°C4.8°C1129.911.912 h
April 16.5°C9.2°C9.2°C13110.313.013 h
May 20.5°C13.9°C13.9°C14610.214.014 h
June 23.8°C18.4°C18.4°C18512.414.514 h
July 27.3°C22.8°C22.8°C19312.814.214 h
August 28.9°C24.1°C24.1°C11210.413.513 h
September 25.9°C20.8°C20.8°C19512.312.412 h
October, selected 21.0°C15.3°C15.3°C1448.911.311 h
November 15.6°C9.6°C9.6°C747.010.410 h
December 10.4°C4.7°C4.7°C616.99.910 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

Distance from Tatsuno

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 Tatsuno) is explained once on the Tatsuno year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.