Climate and average weather in Mikuriya

In Mikuriya, the summers are muggy, warm, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are cold, breezy, snowy, and mostly cloudy.

Best: late April to early November

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Mikuriya typically varies from 4°C to 27°C, and is rarely below 1°C or above 30°C. August is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Mikuriya for warm-weather activities is from late April to early November.

Hottest
Aug
27°
Coldest
Jan
Wettest
Dec
210 mm
Driest
Apr
116 mm
Rain / yr
1880 mm
184 wet days
Daylight
9.6–14.4 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
14 m
35.5°N
Clearest
Oct
57% cloud

Mikuriya 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 late April to early November.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 3.2 months, from June 22 to September 26, with daily high temperatures above 22°C. The hottest month of the year in Mikuriya is August, with an average high of 27°C and low of 25°C.

The cool season lasts 3.4 months, from December 9 to March 22, with daily high temperatures below 11°C. The coldest month of the year in Mikuriya is January, with an average low of 5°C and high of 8°C.

Days typically run about 3°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan85
Feb84
Mar107
Apr1411
May1815
Jun2219
Jul2623
Aug2725
Sep2422
Oct2017
Nov1512
Dec107

How hot and cold Mikuriya 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 coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -1°C (around January 28), with roughly 34 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)
Jan7805
Feb8804
Mar101037
Apr14141011
May18181515
Jun22221919
Jul26262323
Aug29272525
Sep24242222
Oct20201717
Nov15151112
Dec101037

Average hourly temperature in Mikuriya

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 27°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near C.

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

Mikuriya 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 / 20323.67.59.90.8
Feb / 14818.15.910.70.9
Mar10° / 14415.82.211.72.1
Apr14° / 11°11611.5012.94.2
May18° / 15°13011.2013.85.8
Jun22° / 19°15012.8014.45.9
Jul26° / 23°18814.7014.25.9
Aug27° / 25°12512.5013.36.1
Sep24° / 22°20414.2012.26.1
Oct20° / 17°12812.1011.16.0
Nov15° / 12°13415.50.110.14.0
Dec10° / 21021.73.89.61.8

Chance of rain

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

Mikuriya gets about 1880 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is very wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 4.1 months, from around Nov 13 to Mar 17, peaking in January at about 77% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around May 27.

December is the wettest month by volume, with 210 mm over about 22 wet days; April is the driest, with 116 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJan 19 · 77%May 27 · 34%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan7524
Feb6518
Mar5116
Apr3912
May3511
Jun4313
Jul4715
Aug4113
Sep4714
Oct3912
Nov5216
Dec6922

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Mikuriya collects about 1880 mm of rain across 184 wet days — roughly 157 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. December is the wettest month with 210 mm, while April is the driest at just 116 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 33% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

050100150200250JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec203148144116130150188125204128134210
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan203248
Feb148186
Mar144162
Apr116120
May130110
Jun150130
Jul188150
Aug125130
Sep204140
Oct128120
Nov134160
Dec210224

Snow in Mikuriya

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.

Mikuriya averages about 20 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Nov 27 to Apr 2 — about 4.2 months.

January is snowiest, with roughly 7 days of snow and an estimated 44 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 113 cm of snow.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonJan 26
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan844
Feb638
Mar28
Apr00
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov00
Dec422

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Mikuriya, 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 July 23 and lasts for 4.0 months, ending around November 22. The clearest month is October, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 52% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around May 30 and lasts for 1.8 months, ending around July 22. The cloudiest month is June, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 70% 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecOct 18 · 55%Jun 28 · 24%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan3268
Feb3466
Mar4357
Apr4753
May4456
Jun3070
Jul3565
Aug4753
Sep4456
Oct5248
Nov4555
Dec3466

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 12, brings about 14 h 24 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 9 h 36 min — a swing of roughly 4 h 48 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.97:205:11
Feb10.77:015:41
Mar11.76:246:07
Apr12.95:396:33
May13.85:066:58
Jun14.44:557:18
Jul14.25:067:17
Aug13.35:306:51
Sep12.25:546:07
Oct11.16:185:24
Nov10.16:484:54
Dec9.67:144:51

Sunny days

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

Mikuriya averages about 7 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 1 and 11 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 2.9 months, from around Mar 13 to Jun 9. The sunniest month is April, with roughly 10 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is January, down near 2 sunny days — about 85% fewer than the April peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedApr 2911 daysJan 181 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan2Gloomy
Feb3Gloomy
Mar7Gloomy
Apr10Mixed
May10Mixed
Jun6Gloomy
Jul7Gloomy
Aug10Mixed
Sep8Mixed
Oct10Mixed
Nov7Gloomy
Dec3Gloomy

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 Mikuriya, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 4.4 months, from around May 29 to October 9. 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 10 to May 28, and March 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecMar 27 · 100%Jul 12 · 0%miserablemuggyhumidcomfortableoppressivedrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan10000000
Feb10000000
Mar10000000
Apr9271000
May473814100
Jun417383280
Jul005265810
Aug013165724
Sep6142430252
Oct512617610
Nov9082000
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 Mikuriya is typically light breeze, near 18 km/h, and varies a lot with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.7 months, from around Oct 23 to Apr 12. The windiest month is January, averaging about 24 km/h (breezy).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 13 to Oct 22, with June the calmest month at about 14 km/h.

051015202530JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezebreezywindyJan 1 · 24 km/hJun 10 · 13 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan24breezy
Feb22breezy
Mar20breezy
Apr18light breeze
May16light breeze
Jun14light breeze
Jul14light breeze
Aug14light breeze
Sep16light breeze
Oct18light breeze
Nov20breezy
Dec24breezy

Hazard calendar for Mikuriya

In seasonPeak

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

Mikuriya 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 Mikuriya

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late October, Mikuriya is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

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 time of year to visit Mikuriya for general outdoor tourist activities is from late April to early November, with a peak score in the first week of August.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 1 · 6.3

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
Jan0.8poor
Feb1.0poor
Mar2.2poor
Apr4.1fair
May5.8good
Jun5.9good
Jul5.9good
Aug6.1good
Sep6.1good
Oct6.0good
Nov4.0fair
Dec1.8poor

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 Mikuriya for hot-weather activities is from mid July to mid September, with a peak score in the first week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 4 · 6.5

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 Mikuriya, 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 27°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 8°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat, rain gear and a windbreaker.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Mikuriya sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Mikuriya

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

The sea at the nearest coast (about 17 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 13 to Nov 10 — about 5 months when the water holds above 20°C.

10°15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan14Bracing
Feb13Bracing
Mar13Bracing
Apr14Bracing
May17Cool
Jun20Refreshing
Jul24Warm
Aug27Warm
Sep25Warm
Oct22Refreshing
Nov20Cool
Dec17Cool

UV index (midday) in Mikuriya 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 Mikuriya peaks around July 17 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highModerateJul 17UV 10Dec 23UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr7High
May8Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct6High
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Average hourly UV index in Mikuriya

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)
Jan00
Feb30
Mar50
Apr6.53
May84.5
Jun8.55.5
Jul8.56
Aug85.5
Sep7.54.5
Oct5.50
Nov20
Dec00

Air quality in Mikuriya 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 Mikuriya is worst in April — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (October, 11 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateApr 1322 µg/m³Oct 1511 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb17Moderate
Mar22Moderate
Apr23Moderate
May20Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep12Moderate
Oct11Good
Nov13Moderate
Dec12Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free day

Mikuriya 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
Jan960
Feb960
Mar990
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. Mikuriya banks about 2,297 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
Mar0
Apr79
May209
Jun315
Jul450
Aug497
Sep387
Oct255
Nov103
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.

Mikuriya receives about 4.0 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.0 and 5.8 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.3 months, from around Mar 12 to Sep 18. The brightest month is May, averaging about 5.7 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.0 kWh/m² — roughly 65% less than the May peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseMay 265.8 kWhDec 152.0 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.2Moderate
Feb3.0Moderate
Mar4.2Bright
Apr5.2Bright
May5.7Bright
Jun5.3Bright
Jul5.1Bright
Aug5.2Bright
Sep4.0Bright
Oct3.4Moderate
Nov2.4Moderate
Dec2.0Dim

Where is Mikuriya?

Mikuriya sits at 35.5°N, 133.5°E, 14 m above sea level, in Japan. The nearest listed city is Yabase, 17 km away.

Topography around Mikuriya

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mikuriya has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 118 m around an average of 23 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,691 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,689 m.

The land around Mikuriya is covered by water (53%) and trees (26%) within 3 km, water (57%) and trees (30%) within 16 km, and trees (50%) and water (45%) within 80 km.

3 km
118 m
16 km
1,691 m
80 km
1,689 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Yabase 17 km · Yonago 17 km · Sakaiminato 24 km · Yasugichō 25 km · Kurayoshi 30 km · Matsuzaki 37 km · Matsue 41 km · Maniwa 49 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 Mikuriya (35.5124°, 133.4974°, elevation 14 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).