Climate averages 1991–2020
Tsubame weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Tsubame: daytime highs average 19.2°C and nights cool to about 12.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 146 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes October a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 15 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sanjō (6 km away). In October its highs average 19.4°C, about as warm as Tsubame, with 157 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Tsubame ranks joint 246th of 303 for the warmest October highs and joint 95th of 303 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 303 cities is 20.4°C; Tsubame is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.0°C to 13.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 146 mm to 156 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
Tsubame climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.0°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 172 | 24.8 | 9.910 h |
| February | 4.7°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 118 | 20.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 8.9°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 121 | 19.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.8°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 91 | 13.8 | 13.113 h |
| May | 20.3°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 96 | 12.0 | 14.214 h |
| June | 23.9°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 117 | 12.1 | 14.715 h |
| July | 27.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 214 | 15.8 | 14.514 h |
| August | 28.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 149 | 13.7 | 13.614 h |
| September | 25.0°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 139 | 14.3 | 12.512 h |
| October, selected | 19.2°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 146 | 14.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.3°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 156 | 18.6 | 10.210 h |
| December | 7.3°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 182 | 23.3 | 9.610 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
- Sanjō in OctoberJapan · 6 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 11.5°C · 157 mm rain
- Nagaoka in OctoberJapan · 25 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 11.3°C · 143 mm rain
- Niigata in OctoberJapan · 30 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 13.1°C · 155 mm rain
- Kashiwazaki in OctoberJapan · 47 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 12.0°C · 159 mm rain
- Shibata in OctoberJapan · 48 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 11.5°C · 170 mm rain
- Jōetsu in OctoberJapan · 84 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 12.4°C · 164 mm rain
- Aizu-Wakamatsu in OctoberJapan · 92 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 10.5°C · 125 mm rain
- Yonezawa in OctoberJapan · 108 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 10.1°C · 139 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 Tsubame) is explained once on the Tsubame year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.