Hiratachō weather in February

In February, Hiratachō sees average daytime highs of 8°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 119 mm of precipitation across 16.4 wet days and about 10.7 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 8°C in the first days to 9°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 12 min at the start of February to 11 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Hiratachō's 10th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Hiratachō's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 8°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 119 mm; 16.4 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 42 min; 7:03 AM – 5:43 PM
Cloud cover: 68%; 10th clearest
Wind: 23 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 3.12 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.2; out of 10

Hiratachō is human settlement in Japan.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

← January Hiratachō year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

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

Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 8°C in the first days to 9°C by the end.

A typical February day in Hiratachō reaches about 8°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 5°C and 12°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and about 3°C cooler than March.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Avg high (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	8	5
2	8	5
3	8	5
4	8	5
5	8	5
6	8	5
7	8	5
8	8	5
9	8	5
10	8	5
11	8	5
12	8	5
13	8	5
14	8	5
15	8	5
16	8	5
17	8	5
18	9	5
19	9	5
20	9	5
21	9	6
22	9	6
23	9	6
24	9	6
25	9	6
26	9	6
27	9	6
28	9	6

Hiratachō weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 11th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	8° / 5°	157	20.6	5	9.9	1.1
Feb	8° / 5°	119	16.4	3.9	10.7	1.2
Mar	11° / 7°	129	14.6	1.1	11.7	2.4
Apr	15° / 11°	107	10.2	0	12.9	4.4
May	19° / 16°	121	9.8	0	13.8	6.0
Jun	22° / 20°	155	11.1	0	14.3	6.2
Jul	26° / 24°	197	13.3	0	14.1	6.1
Aug	27° / 25°	132	11.7	0	13.3	6.2
Sep	25° / 22°	178	12.9	0	12.2	6.3
Oct	20° / 17°	108	11	0	11.1	6.2
Nov	16° / 13°	112	13.7	0	10.1	4.4
Dec	11° / 8°	161	20	2.8	9.7	2.1

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 26% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 62%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Clearer (%)	37	37	37	37	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	38	38	38	39	39	38	39	38	38	38	38	40	39	39
Cloudier (%)	63	63	63	63	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	62	62	62	61	61	62	61	62	62	62	62	60	61	61

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	37	63
5	39	61
6	39	61
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	39	61
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	38	62
18	39	61
19	39	61
20	38	62
21	39	61
22	38	62
23	38	62
24	38	62
25	38	62
26	40	60
27	39	61
28	39	61

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Hiratachō gets around 119 mm of rain and snow over 16.4 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 59% and peaks near 66% on the wettest days, and about 4 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Rain chance (%)	66	65	64	63	63	62	61	61	61	60	60	60	60	59	59	59	58	58	58	57	57	56	55	55	54	54	53	53
Snow chance (%)	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	8

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	66	19
2	65	18
3	64	18
4	63	18
5	63	18
6	62	18
7	61	17
8	61	17
9	61	17
10	60	16
11	60	16
12	60	16
13	60	16
14	59	15
15	59	15
16	59	14
17	58	14
18	58	13
19	58	12
20	57	12
21	57	11
22	56	11
23	55	10
24	55	10
25	54	9
26	54	9
27	53	8
28	53	8

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of February feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, February lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100

Wind in February

Winds average 23 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 23 km/h on the calmest days to 25 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Wind speed (km/h)	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Feels	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	25	breezy
2	25	breezy
3	25	breezy
4	25	breezy
5	25	breezy
6	24	breezy
7	24	breezy
8	24	breezy
9	24	breezy
10	24	breezy
11	24	breezy
12	24	breezy
13	24	breezy
14	24	breezy
15	24	breezy
16	23	breezy
17	23	breezy
18	23	breezy
19	23	breezy
20	23	breezy
21	23	breezy
22	23	breezy
23	23	breezy
24	23	breezy
25	23	breezy
26	23	breezy
27	23	breezy
28	23	breezy

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 12 min at the start of February to 11 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 54 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 7:15 AM to 6:48 AM, and sunset from 5:29 PM to 5:56 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Daylight (h)	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1
Sunrise (AM)	7:15	7:15	7:14	7:13	7:12	7:11	7:11	7:10	7:09	7:08	7:07	7:06	7:05	7:04	7:03	7:02	7:01	7:00	6:59	6:58	6:57	6:56	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:50	6:48
Sunset (PM)	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:56

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.2	7:15	5:29
2	10.3	7:15	5:30
3	10.3	7:14	5:31
4	10.3	7:13	5:32
5	10.4	7:12	5:33
6	10.4	7:11	5:34
7	10.4	7:11	5:35
8	10.4	7:10	5:36
9	10.5	7:09	5:37
10	10.5	7:08	5:38
11	10.5	7:07	5:39
12	10.6	7:06	5:40
13	10.6	7:05	5:41
14	10.6	7:04	5:42
15	10.7	7:03	5:43
16	10.7	7:02	5:44
17	10.7	7:01	5:45
18	10.8	7:00	5:46
19	10.8	6:59	5:47
20	10.8	6:58	5:48
21	10.9	6:57	5:49
22	10.9	6:56	5:50
23	10.9	6:54	5:51
24	11.0	6:53	5:52
25	11.0	6:52	5:53
26	11.1	6:51	5:54
27	11.1	6:50	5:55
28	11.1	6:48	5:56

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 3.12 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.02 kWh/m² to a high of 5.83 kWh/m² in May across the year — February's 3.12 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.7	Moderate
2	2.7	Moderate
3	2.7	Moderate
4	2.8	Moderate
5	2.8	Moderate
6	2.8	Moderate
7	2.9	Moderate
8	2.9	Moderate
9	2.9	Moderate
10	3.0	Moderate
11	3.0	Moderate
12	3.0	Moderate
13	3.1	Moderate
14	3.1	Moderate
15	3.1	Moderate
16	3.2	Moderate
17	3.2	Moderate
18	3.2	Moderate
19	3.3	Moderate
20	3.3	Moderate
21	3.3	Moderate
22	3.4	Moderate
23	3.4	Moderate
24	3.5	Moderate
25	3.5	Moderate
26	3.5	Moderate
27	3.6	Moderate
28	3.6	Moderate

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Hiratachō

In seasonPeak

In February, Hiratachō sits inside its pacific typhoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Hiratachō 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

Is February a good time to visit Hiratachō?

Our two travel scores rate February for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

1.2

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Hiratachō.

What to pack for Hiratachō in February

From February's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In February, Hiratachō sees daytime highs around 8°C and nights near 5°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a windbreaker. About 16 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Hiratachō in February

The nearest coast averages about 13°C in February — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 19 km away) is warmest in August at about 27°C and coldest in February near 13°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 12 to Nov 15 — about 5.2 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	15	13	13	15	17	21	24	27	25	23	20	17
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	15	Bracing
Feb	13	Bracing
Mar	13	Bracing
Apr	15	Bracing
May	17	Cool
Jun	21	Refreshing
Jul	24	Warm
Aug	27	Warm
Sep	25	Warm
Oct	23	Refreshing
Nov	20	Refreshing
Dec	17	Cool

UV index in Hiratachō in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Hiratachō peaks around July 19 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 23 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	4	5	7	8	9	10	10	9	6	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	7	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Air quality in Hiratachō in February

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where February falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Hiratachō is worst in April — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.3× the cleanest month (October, 10 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	14	16	21	22	20	17	13	12	11	10	12	11
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	14	Moderate
Feb	16	Moderate
Mar	21	Moderate
Apr	22	Moderate
May	20	Moderate
Jun	17	Moderate
Jul	13	Moderate
Aug	12	Good
Sep	11	Good
Oct	10	Good
Nov	12	Good
Dec	11	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Hiratachō?

Hiratachō sits at 35.4°N, 132.8°E, -1 m above sea level, in Japan. The nearest listed city is Izumo, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Hiratachō

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Hiratachō has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 402 m around an average of 25 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 527 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,689 m.

The land around Hiratachō is covered by cropland (39%) and trees (31%) within 3 km, trees (42%) and water (38%) within 16 km, and trees (48%) and water (48%) within 80 km.

3 km

402 m

cropland 39%

16 km

527 m

trees 42%

80 km

1,689 m

trees 48%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

← January Hiratachō year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Izumo 9.0 km · Matsue 22 km · Unnan 22 km · Yasugichō 39 km · Ōdachō-ōda 39 km · Sakaiminato 39 km · Yonago 47 km · Mikuriya 62 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

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 Hiratachō (35.4333°, 132.8167°, elevation -1 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	8	5
2	8	5
3	8	5
4	8	5
5	8	5
6	8	5
7	8	5
8	8	5
9	8	5
10	8	5
11	8	5
12	8	5
13	8	5
14	8	5
15	8	5
16	8	5
17	8	5
18	9	5
19	9	5
20	9	5
21	9	6
22	9	6
23	9	6
24	9	6
25	9	6
26	9	6
27	9	6
28	9	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	37	63
5	39	61
6	39	61
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	39	61
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	38	62
18	39	61
19	39	61
20	38	62
21	39	61
22	38	62
23	38	62
24	38	62
25	38	62
26	40	60
27	39	61
28	39	61

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	66	19
2	65	18
3	64	18
4	63	18
5	63	18
6	62	18
7	61	17
8	61	17
9	61	17
10	60	16
11	60	16
12	60	16
13	60	16
14	59	15
15	59	15
16	59	14
17	58	14
18	58	13
19	58	12
20	57	12
21	57	11
22	56	11
23	55	10
24	55	10
25	54	9
26	54	9
27	53	8
28	53	8

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	8	5
2	8	5
3	8	5
4	8	5
5	8	5
6	8	5
7	8	5
8	8	5
9	8	5
10	8	5
11	8	5
12	8	5
13	8	5
14	8	5
15	8	5
16	8	5
17	8	5
18	9	5
19	9	5
20	9	5
21	9	6
22	9	6
23	9	6
24	9	6
25	9	6
26	9	6
27	9	6
28	9	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	37	63
5	39	61
6	39	61
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	39	61
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	38	62
18	39	61
19	39	61
20	38	62
21	39	61
22	38	62
23	38	62
24	38	62
25	38	62
26	40	60
27	39	61
28	39	61

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	66	19
2	65	18
3	64	18
4	63	18
5	63	18
6	62	18
7	61	17
8	61	17
9	61	17
10	60	16
11	60	16
12	60	16
13	60	16
14	59	15
15	59	15
16	59	14
17	58	14
18	58	13
19	58	12
20	57	12
21	57	11
22	56	11
23	55	10
24	55	10
25	54	9
26	54	9
27	53	8
28	53	8

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	8	5
2	8	5
3	8	5
4	8	5
5	8	5
6	8	5
7	8	5
8	8	5
9	8	5
10	8	5
11	8	5
12	8	5
13	8	5
14	8	5
15	8	5
16	8	5
17	8	5
18	9	5
19	9	5
20	9	5
21	9	6
22	9	6
23	9	6
24	9	6
25	9	6
26	9	6
27	9	6
28	9	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	37	63
5	39	61
6	39	61
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	39	61
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	38	62
18	39	61
19	39	61
20	38	62
21	39	61
22	38	62
23	38	62
24	38	62
25	38	62
26	40	60
27	39	61
28	39	61

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	66	19
2	65	18
3	64	18
4	63	18
5	63	18
6	62	18
7	61	17
8	61	17
9	61	17
10	60	16
11	60	16
12	60	16
13	60	16
14	59	15
15	59	15
16	59	14
17	58	14
18	58	13
19	58	12
20	57	12
21	57	11
22	56	11
23	55	10
24	55	10
25	54	9
26	54	9
27	53	8
28	53	8

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100