Climate averages 1991–2020
Tsu weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Tsu: daytime highs average 8.7°C and nights cool to about 2.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 07 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Matsusaka (17 km away). In January its highs average 8.7°C, about as warm as Tsu, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Tsu ranks joint 61st of 303 for the warmest January highs and joint 156th of 303 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 303 cities is 7.0°C; Tsu is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 9.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 68 mm to 75 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
Tsu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 8.7°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 68 | 6.4 | 10.110 h |
| February | 9.6°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 75 | 7.8 | 10.911 h |
| March | 13.2°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 128 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.0°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 146 | 10.6 | 13.013 h |
| May | 22.3°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 175 | 11.9 | 14.014 h |
| June | 25.5°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 235 | 15.3 | 14.414 h |
| July | 29.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 221 | 17.9 | 14.214 h |
| August | 30.3°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 179 | 15.8 | 13.513 h |
| September | 26.8°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 253 | 15.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.6°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 230 | 11.8 | 11.311 h |
| November | 16.3°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 106 | 8.1 | 10.410 h |
| December | 11.1°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 69 | 7.2 | 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
- Matsusaka in JanuaryJapan · 17 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 1.9°C · 70 mm rain
- Suzuka in JanuaryJapan · 18 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 1.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Yokkaichi in JanuaryJapan · 28 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low 0.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Ise in JanuaryJapan · 32 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 3.2°C · 69 mm rain
- Iga in JanuaryJapan · 35 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 0.1°C · 63 mm rain
- Kuwana in JanuaryJapan · 38 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -0.5°C · 58 mm rain
- Handa in JanuaryJapan · 42 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 1.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Nabari in JanuaryJapan · 42 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -0.1°C · 74 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 Tsu) is explained once on the Tsu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.