Climate averages 1991–2020

Tsurusaki weather
in October.

A mild, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

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

Average high 21.6°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 16.3°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 151 mm 9 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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October is a mild month in Tsurusaki: daytime highs average 21.6°C and nights cool to about 16.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 151 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 23 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Ōita (9 km away). In October its highs average 21.8°C, about as warm as Tsurusaki, with 134 mm of rain.

Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Tsurusaki ranks joint 62nd of 303 for the warmest October highs and joint 104th of 303 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 303 cities is 20.4°C; Tsurusaki is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 4.9°C to 16.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 151 mm to 81 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 3000

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

Every month, side by side

Tsurusaki climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Tsurusaki, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 9.3°C3.8°C3.8°C637.510.210 h
February 10.4°C4.0°C4.0°C768.511.011 h
March 13.6°C6.2°C6.2°C11910.912.012 h
April 18.2°C10.3°C10.3°C13710.413.013 h
May 22.2°C15.1°C15.1°C15311.013.914 h
June 24.9°C19.5°C19.5°C29215.414.314 h
July 28.8°C23.6°C23.6°C19014.014.114 h
August 29.5°C24.5°C24.5°C14612.513.413 h
September 26.2°C21.4°C21.4°C19212.812.412 h
October, selected 21.6°C16.3°C16.3°C1518.911.411 h
November 16.7°C11.0°C11.0°C817.610.510 h
December 11.6°C6.1°C6.1°C637.610.010 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 Tsurusaki

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