May
May · October · November
Japan · 1991–2020
May leads for comfortable weather in Nishinomiya: typically 23.7°C by day, 15.7°C at night, with 129 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
May · October · November
September · August · May
November · April · December
The weakest month is February, scoring 24 against May’s 80 — days reach only 10.1°C, 14° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal.
Month by month
The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.
| Month | Day | Night | Rain | Wet days | Sea | Daylight | Comfort | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.4°C | 2.8°C | 34 mm | 4.7 | 14.3°C | 10 h 04 | 28 | Good coverage |
| February | 10.1°C | 2.4°C | 62 mm | 7.2 | 13.0°C | 10 h 53 | 24 | Good coverage |
| March | 13.5°C | 5.3°C | 100 mm | 8.7 | 13.3°C | 11 h 52 | 34 | Good coverage |
| April | 18.9°C | 10.5°C | 114 mm | 9.5 | 15.1°C | 13 h 01 | 58 | Good coverage |
| May | 23.7°C | 15.7°C | 129 mm | 8.2 | 17.8°C | 13 h 57 | 80 | Good coverage |
| June | 26.8°C | 20.1°C | 226 mm | 12.2 | 21.2°C | 14 h 28 | 47 | Good coverage |
| July | 30.6°C | 24.3°C | 214 mm | 11.5 | 24.7°C | 14 h 16 | 29 | Good coverage |
| August | 32.3°C | 25.7°C | 108 mm | 6.2 | 26.8°C | 13 h 27 | 40 | Good coverage |
| September | 28.8°C | 21.6°C | 164 mm | 9.8 | 25.8°C | 12 h 21 | 48 | Good coverage |
| October | 23.2°C | 16°C | 124 mm | 8.2 | 22.9°C | 11 h 15 | 78 | Good coverage |
| November | 17.4°C | 10.1°C | 67 mm | 6.2 | 19.5°C | 10 h 18 | 62 | Good coverage |
| December | 12°C | 5°C | 53 mm | 5.9 | 16.6°C | 9 h 50 | 37 | Good coverage |
What has changed
Each bar compares the 2011–2025 daytime average for that month against the same month in 1961–1990, measured at the same station. Months where the older record is too thin to compare are left blank.
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.1°C5 Jan 1960 | -6.0°C24 Jan 1963 | 48 mm30 Jan 1970 | 104 mm1973 · driest 0 mm in 1994 | 75 |
| February | 20.4°C25 Feb 2010 | -7.2°C27 Feb 1981 | 82 mm14 Feb 2016 | 146 mm1989 · driest 0 mm in 2026 | 75 |
| March | 23.4°C30 Mar 1998 | -5.0°C5 Mar 1977 | 128 mm23 Mar 1986 | 204 mm1986 · driest 14 mm in 1973 | 75 |
| April | 27.8°C20 Apr 1964 | -0.5°C2 Apr 1972 | 87 mm25 Apr 2018 | 241 mm1967 · driest 0 mm in 2025 | 75 |
| May | 31.7°C25 May 2019 | 6.0°C1 May 1965 | 177 mm28 May 2024 | 314 mm1995 · driest 0 mm in 2025 | 74 |
| June | 36.3°C13 Jun 2013 | 10.5°C8 Jun 1969 | 195 mm25 Jun 1961 | 584 mm1961 · driest 0 mm in 2025 | 74 |
| July | 37.7°C24 Jul 2002 | 14.5°C4 Jul 1966 | 319 mm9 Jul 1967 | 535 mm2018 · driest 0 mm in 2025 | 75 |
| August | 38.8°C8 Aug 1994 | 16.1°C20 Aug 1956 | 142 mm29 Aug 1960 | 389 mm1960 · driest 0 mm in 2025 | 73 |
| September | 35.9°C9 Sep 2024 | 11.9°C29 Sep 1981 | 219 mm14 Sep 1965 | 559 mm1965 · driest 0 mm in 2025 | 73 |
| October | 31.9°C6 Oct 2013 | 5.5°C25 Oct 1982 | 134 mm21 Oct 2004 | 338 mm2017 · driest 0 mm in 2025 | 74 |
| November | 26.3°C5 Nov 2023 | -0.2°C30 Nov 1970 | 72 mm2 Nov 2000 | 175 mm1977 · driest 0 mm in 2025 | 74 |
| December | 22.6°C4 Dec 2018 | -3.5°C31 Dec 1960 | 66 mm11 Dec 2015 | 103 mm2015 · driest 0 mm in 2020 | 74 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| February | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| March | 0 | 0 | <1 | 3 |
| April | <1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| May | 10 | <1 | 0 | 4 |
| June | 22 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| July | 28 | 18 | 0 | 4 |
| August | 30 | 25 | 0 | 2 |
| September | 25 | 11 | 0 | 3 |
| October | 8 | <1 | 0 | 3 |
| November | <1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| December | 0 | 0 | <1 | 1 |
The best month has moved. On the 1961–1990 numbers the strongest month here was October (scoring 82); on 2011–2025 it is May (84). Both are scored the same way, from the same station — only the climate underneath changed.
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0% | 19% | 5% | 13% | 7.7–10.2°C |
| February | <1% | 25% | 8% | 23% | 7.7–11.6°C |
| March | 2% | 32% | 13% | 35% | 11.7–14.5°C |
| April | 27% | 35% | 17% | 42% | 17.3–20.4°C |
| May | 61% | 34% | 16% | 36% | 22.0–24.5°C |
| June | 61% | 40% | 20% | 56% | 25.2–27.4°C |
| July | 65% | 36% | 17% | 39% | 28.5–32.2°C |
| August | 77% | 24% | 10% | 26% | 30.5–33.4°C |
| September | 66% | 35% | 15% | 40% | 26.1–30.3°C |
| October | 60% | 28% | 12% | 25% | 21.3–24.1°C |
| November | 15% | 22% | 8% | 15% | 15.6–18.5°C |
| December | <1% | 18% | 5% | 10% | 9.8–13.0°C |
A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.
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