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Ryōtsu-minato, Japan Climate

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Ryōtsu-minato, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

The warmest month is August, with an average high of 27°C; the coldest is February, with an average low of 3°C. A normal year brings 1695 mm of precipitation.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Ryōtsu-minato through the year, in °C, with the record for each date.-10010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

Normals for Sep 25

Normal high
23°C
Normal low
20°C
Reanalysis high
27°Cin 1992
Reanalysis low
18°Cin 2010
Chance of a wet day
50%
Daylight
12 h 03 min

Month by month

Averages for 1991-2020. Wet days have at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis. Each month links to its own page.

MonthAvg highAvg lowWarmestColdestPrecipitationWet days
January6°C4°C13°C (1997)-3°C (2018)167 mm24.8
February6°C3°C15°C (2010)-3°C (1996)110 mm19.8
March8°C5°C15°C (2016)0°C (2013)105 mm18.6
April12°C8°C22°C (2019)3°C (2012)93 mm12.0
May17°C13°C26°C (2019)6°C (2013)93 mm12.4
June21°C18°C28°C (2009)13°C (2017)120 mm12.0
July25°C22°C32°C (2000)17°C (1996)198 mm15.5
August27°C24°C34°C (1994)19°C (2009)146 mm15.5
September24°C22°C32°C (2020)16°C (2001)144 mm15.0
October19°C17°C27°C (2019)10°C (1997)146 mm15.5
November14°C11°C21°C (2018)3°C (1992)171 mm21.0
December9°C6°C18°C (2018)-1°C (2002)202 mm24.8
Year16°C13°C1695 mm207

Precipitation

Rain and melted snow together. The chance of a wet day is the share of days with at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

1695 mm in a normal year, most in December.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Ryōtsu-minato, in percent.020406080100JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Chance of a wet day

Humidity and comfort

NASA POWER reanalysis, 1991-2020, for the grid cell around Ryōtsu-minato.

The muggiest month is August, when 95 percent of days are muggy or worse, with a mean dew point of 18°C or more.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January2°C79%100%0%0%0%0%0%
February1°C76%100%0%0%0%0%0%
March2°C74%100%0%0%0%0%0%
April6°C77%100%0%0%0%0%0%
May12°C80%66%30%5%0%0%0%
June17°C82%6%27%45%21%1%0%
July21°C85%0%0%10%41%45%4%
August22°C80%0%1%5%24%51%20%
September19°C76%3%15%27%33%20%2%
October13°C74%49%30%17%4%0%0%
November8°C75%92%8%0%0%0%0%
December4°C79%100%0%0%0%0%0%

Comfort is judged by the day's mean dew point: dry below 13°C, comfortable to 16°C, humid to 18°C, muggy to 21°C, oppressive to 24°C, miserable above.

Clouds

Average share of the sky covered, from satellite (CERES and GEWEX SRB) by way of NASA POWER, 1991-2020.

The clearest month is August, with the sky 65 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is January, at 93 percent.

Wind

The mean wind speed over the whole day, from the MERRA-2 reanalysis by way of NASA POWER. Gusts run well above it.

The windiest month is January, averaging 27.0 km/h at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 18, with 14 h 49 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 17, with 9 h 31 min.

Hours of daylight at Ryōtsu-minato through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Day length

Solar energy

Average daily sunshine reaching the ground on a flat surface, in kilowatt-hours per square meter, clouds included.

Sunrise and sunset calendar

Month pages

The weather in Ryōtsu-minato in each month, day by day.

What this means

A normal is the average of the thirty years 1991 to 2020, the period the World Meteorological Organization and NOAA use for comparison. It is an average, not a forecast: most days depart from it, and some by a long way.

Where no station record is within reach, the extremes shown are the highest and lowest the reanalysis produced for the date in 1991-2020, not measured records.

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine come from a reanalysis: a weather model run over the past with every observation fed in, averaged over a grid cell about 50 km across. It is consistent everywhere on Earth; it smooths local detail such as a lake shore or a valley.

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Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.