Climate averages 1991–2020
Tottori-shi weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Tottori-shi: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 147 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 30 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Toyooka (53 km away). In August its highs average 30.1°C, 0.9°C warmer than Tottori-shi, with 179 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Tottori-shi ranks joint 182nd of 303 for the warmest August highs and joint 153rd of 303 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 303 cities is 29.2°C; Tottori-shi is level with that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.1°C to 25.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 147 mm to 223 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Tottori-shi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.2°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 147 | 22.0 | 10.110 h |
| February | 7.7°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 114 | 17.5 | 10.911 h |
| March | 11.1°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 133 | 15.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.2°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 114 | 11.8 | 13.113 h |
| May | 20.8°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 136 | 11.7 | 14.014 h |
| June | 24.1°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 165 | 13.9 | 14.515 h |
| July | 27.7°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 197 | 15.8 | 14.314 h |
| August, selected | 29.2°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 147 | 13.8 | 13.513 h |
| September | 25.1°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 223 | 15.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.1°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 139 | 12.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.2°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 116 | 14.7 | 10.310 h |
| December | 10.0°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 152 | 19.7 | 9.810 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
August in nearby cities
- Toyooka in AugustJapan · 53 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 179 mm rain
- Tsuyama in AugustJapan · 54 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 140 mm rain
- Tatsuno in AugustJapan · 79 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 112 mm rain
- Yonago in AugustJapan · 82 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.0°C · 116 mm rain
- Fukuchiyama in AugustJapan · 83 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 159 mm rain
- Himeji in AugustJapan · 87 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.1°C · 114 mm rain
- Kakogawachō-honmachi in AugustJapan · 98 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.3°C · 114 mm rain
- Okayama in AugustJapan · 98 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.2°C · 108 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 Tottori-shi) is explained once on the Tottori-shi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.