Climate and average weather in Asso

In Asso, the summers are muggy, hot, wet, and partly cloudy and the winters are cool, snowy, and partly cloudy.

Best: early September to mid November

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Asso typically varies from 3°C to 29°C, and is rarely below 0°C or above 31°C. August is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Asso for warm-weather activities are from mid April to mid June and early September to mid November.

Hottest
Aug
29°
Coldest
Jan
Wettest
Jun
349 mm
Driest
Jan
92 mm
Rain / yr
2301 mm
152 wet days
Daylight
9.8–14.2 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
13 m
33.7°N
Clearest
Nov
47% cloud

Asso weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early September to mid November.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Asso, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 3.6 months, from June 15 to October 1, with daily high temperatures above 24°C. The hottest month of the year in Asso is August, with an average high of 29°C and low of 24°C.

The cool season lasts 3.2 months, from December 8 to March 13, with daily high temperatures below 12°C. The coldest month of the year in Asso is January, with an average low of 3°C and high of 9°C.

Days typically run about 6°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan93
Feb104
Mar136
Apr1710
May2115
Jun2419
Jul2823
Aug2924
Sep2621
Oct2216
Nov1610
Dec116

How hot and cold Asso really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Asso feels like about 32°C (around August 11). About 18 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in August.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -1°C (around January 28), with roughly 43 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C), worst in January.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan9903
Feb91004
Mar131336
Apr1717910
May21211515
Jun24241919
Jul29282323
Aug32292424
Sep27262121
Oct22221616
Nov1616910
Dec111136

Average hourly temperature in Asso

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on August afternoons, near 29°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Asso weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 92101.1101.7
Feb10° / 1109.91.210.72.0
Mar13° / 16511.90.111.73.5
Apr17° / 10°17911.6012.85.3
May21° / 15°20112.4013.76.1
Jun24° / 19°34916.9014.25.4
Jul28° / 23°316180144.9
Aug29° / 24°19317.1013.34.8
Sep26° / 21°24214.8012.25.8
Oct22° / 16°22611.6011.26.5
Nov16° / 10°1338.9010.35.4
Dec11° / 949.30.49.83.0

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Asso gets about 2301 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 4.2 months, from around Jun 2 to Oct 7, peaking in June at about 67% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Dec 11.

June is the wettest month by volume, with 349 mm over about 17 wet days; January is the driest, with 92 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJun 28 · 67%Dec 11 · 29%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3210
Feb3610
Mar3812
Apr3912
May3912
Jun5717
Jul5818
Aug5517
Sep5015
Oct3712
Nov309
Dec299

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Asso collects about 2301 mm of rain across 152 wet days — roughly 192 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. June is the wettest month with 349 mm, while January is the driest at just 92 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 39% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

050100150200250300350400JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec9211016517920134931619324222613394
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan92101
Feb110101
Mar165120
Apr179120
May201120
Jun349170
Jul316180
Aug193170
Sep242150
Oct226120
Nov13390
Dec9490

Snow in Asso

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Asso averages about 3 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Dec 24 to Feb 25 — about 2.1 months.

February is snowiest, with roughly 1.1 day of snow and an estimated 5 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 11 cm of snow.

01234JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonFeb 2
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan15
Feb15
Mar01
Apr00
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov00
Dec01

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Asso, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around October 3 and lasts for 6.3 months, ending around April 13. The clearest month is December, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 65% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around April 14 and lasts for 3.7 months, ending around August 5. The cloudiest month is June, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 78% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecDec 26 · 66%Jun 23 · 17%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan5842
Feb5644
Mar5149
Apr4852
May3862
Jun2278
Jul3070
Aug4852
Sep4753
Oct5644
Nov6337
Dec6535

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 7, brings about 14 h 12 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 9 h 48 min — a swing of roughly 4 h 24 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan10.07:085:07
Feb10.76:505:36
Mar11.76:166:00
Apr12.85:336:24
May13.75:026:47
Jun14.24:527:05
Jul14.05:037:05
Aug13.35:256:40
Sep12.25:465:59
Oct11.26:095:18
Nov10.36:374:50
Dec9.87:014:48

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Asso averages about 10 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 3 and 15 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.5 months, from around Sep 28 to Jan 13. The sunniest month is November, with roughly 14 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is June, down near 4 sunny days — about 74% fewer than the November peak.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergloomymixedbrightNov 215 daysJun 213 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan10Mixed
Feb9Mixed
Mar11Mixed
Apr10Mixed
May8Gloomy
Jun4Gloomy
Jul6Gloomy
Aug9Mixed
Sep9Mixed
Oct13Mixed
Nov14Mixed
Dec13Mixed

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Asso, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 4.6 months, from around May 28 to October 13. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 100% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 14 to May 27, and February is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecFeb 6 · 100%Jul 13 · 0%miserablecomfortableoppressivedryhumidmuggycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan10000000
Feb9910000
Mar9820000
Apr82144100
May433418500
Jun5163328170
Jul00422704
Aug013137211
Sep5102128341
Oct4225201120
Nov82134100
Dec9910000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Asso is typically light breeze, near 13 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.4 months, from around Nov 11 to Apr 22. The windiest month is January, averaging about 16 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 23 to Nov 10, with July the calmest month at about 10 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeJan 27 · 17 km/hJul 22 · 10 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan16light breeze
Feb16light breeze
Mar15light breeze
Apr14light breeze
May12calm
Jun11calm
Jul10calm
Aug11calm
Sep12calm
Oct13light breeze
Nov13light breeze
Dec16light breeze

Hazard calendar for Asso

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

Asso sits in the Pacific typhoon belt; the season peaks July–October.

Pacific typhoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Best time to visit Asso

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Asso throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around mid September, Asso is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Asso for general outdoor tourist activities run from mid April to mid June and again from early September to mid November, with a peak score in the third week of October.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationOct 16 · 6.6

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan1.8poor
Feb2.1poor
Mar3.5poor
Apr5.3fair
May6.1good
Jun5.4fair
Jul4.9fair
Aug4.8fair
Sep5.8good
Oct6.5good
Nov5.4fair
Dec3.1poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Asso for hot-weather activities is from early July to mid October, with a peak score in the second week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 8 · 6.0

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Asso, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around August (highs near 29°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 9°C), pack a warm layer and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Asso sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Asso

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 28°C and coldest in February near 17°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 4 to Dec 22 — about 7.7 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan18Cool
Feb17Cool
Mar18Cool
Apr19Cool
May21Refreshing
Jun23Refreshing
Jul26Warm
Aug28Warm
Sep27Warm
Oct25Warm
Nov23Refreshing
Dec20Refreshing

UV index (midday) in Asso by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Asso peaks around July 11 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 23 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highModerateJul 11UV 11Dec 23UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7Very high
May9Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep10Very high
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Average hourly UV index in Asso

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan10
Feb40
Mar5.50
Apr73.5
May85
Jun8.56
Jul8.56
Aug85.5
Sep74.5
Oct61.5
Nov3.50
Dec00

Air quality in Asso by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Asso is worst in April — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (September, 9 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodApr 1317 µg/m³Sep 159 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb13Moderate
Mar17Moderate
Apr18Moderate
May16Moderate
Jun13Moderate
Jul9Good
Aug9Good
Sep9Good
Oct9Good
Nov9Good
Dec9Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free day

Asso is mild enough that a frost-free day stays more likely than not even in midwinter.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan940
Feb920
Mar970
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec990

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Asso banks about 2,469 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

01,0002,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar6
Apr114
May248
Jun346
Jul472
Aug503
Sep407
Oct269
Nov102
Dec2

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Asso receives about 4.2 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.5 and 5.6 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.4 months, from around Mar 7 to Sep 18. The brightest month is August, averaging about 5.4 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.6 kWh/m² — roughly 52% less than the August peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseAug 25.6 kWhDec 142.5 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.8Moderate
Feb3.6Moderate
Mar4.5Bright
Apr5.3Bright
May5.5Bright
Jun4.8Bright
Jul5.3Bright
Aug5.4Bright
Sep4.3Bright
Oct3.5Moderate
Nov2.9Moderate
Dec2.5Moderate

Where is Asso?

Asso sits at 33.7°N, 135.4°E, 13 m above sea level, in Japan. The nearest listed city is Tanabe, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Asso

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Asso.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Asso has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 218 m around an average of 46 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 789 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,877 m.

The land around Asso is covered by trees (59%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, trees (64%) and water (30%) within 16 km, and water (53%) and trees (44%) within 80 km.

3 km
218 m
16 km
789 m
80 km
1,877 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Tanabe 6.0 km · Shirahama 6.0 km · Gobō 30 km · Itogawa 39 km · Kushimoto 42 km · Arida 50 km · Shingū 53 km · Kainan 54 km

Japan travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type A / B
100 V · 50 / 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 65% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$35,951
2025
Happiness
6.1 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
99%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.2
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
3.6
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 446
Religion
Shintoism 49%Buddhism 46%other 4%Christianity 1%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Asso (33.7°, 135.4167°, elevation 13 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).