Climate and average weather in Nemuro

In Nemuro, the summers are mild, showery, and mostly cloudy and the winters are very cold, breezy, snowy, and partly cloudy.

Best: late July to mid October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Nemuro typically varies from -5°C to 17°C, and is rarely below -9°C or above 20°C. August is the hottest month of the year, while February is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Nemuro for warm-weather activities is from late July to mid October.

Hottest
Aug
17°
Coldest
Feb
-5°
Wettest
Sep
160 mm
Driest
Feb
44 mm
Rain / yr
1144 mm
116 wet days
Daylight
8.8–15.2 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
24 m
43.3°N
Clearest
Dec
50% cloud

Nemuro 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 July to mid October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Nemuro, 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 July 5 to October 20, with daily high temperatures above 13°C. The hottest month of the year in Nemuro is August, with an average high of 17°C and low of 16°C.

The cool season lasts 3.5 months, from December 16 to March 31, with daily high temperatures below 2°C. The coldest month of the year in Nemuro is February, with an average low of -5°C and high of -2°C.

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

-10°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan-1-4
Feb-1-5
Mar1-2
Apr41
May75
Jun109
Jul1413
Aug1716
Sep1715
Oct1311
Nov85
Dec2-1

How hot and cold Nemuro 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 -13°C (around February 7), with roughly 177 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C) 64 of them bitterly cold — worst in February.

-10°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan-1-1-11-4
Feb-2-1-12-5
Mar11-9-2
Apr44-41
May7715
Jun101069
Jul14141313
Aug17171616
Sep17171515
Oct13131011
Nov8805
Dec22-7-1

Average hourly temperature in Nemuro

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 17°C, and coldest before dawn in February, near -5°C.

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

Nemuro 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-1° / -4°548.27.79.20.0
Feb-2° / -5°447.17.610.20.0
Mar / -2°699.17.211.60.0
Apr / 809.73.113.20.0
May / 9810.40.214.50.9
Jun10° / 909.3015.12.3
Jul14° / 13°11910014.94.0
Aug17° / 16°14111.2013.85.2
Sep17° / 15°16011.1012.35.1
Oct13° / 11°12210010.83.9
Nov / 9110.31.19.51.4
Dec / -1°779.65.78.80.0

Chance of rain

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

Nemuro gets about 1144 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 2.6 months, from around Jul 25 to Oct 12, peaking in September at about 39% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 11.

September is the wettest month by volume, with 160 mm over about 11 wet days; February is the driest, with 44 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetSep 5 · 39%Jan 11 · 25%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan268
Feb277
Mar299
Apr3210
May3310
Jun329
Jul3210
Aug3611
Sep3711
Oct3210
Nov3410
Dec3110

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Nemuro collects about 1144 mm of rain across 116 wet days — roughly 95 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. September is the wettest month with 160 mm, while February is the driest at just 44 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 37% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100125150175200JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec5444698098901191411601229177
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan5488
Feb4478
Mar6997
Apr80103
May98100
Jun9090
Jul119100
Aug141110
Sep160110
Oct122100
Nov91101
Dec77106

Snow in Nemuro

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.

Nemuro averages about 33 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Nov 10 to May 10 — about 6 months.

January is snowiest, with roughly 7 days of snow and an estimated 45 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 196 cm of snow.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonJan 29
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan845
Feb854
Mar738
Apr319
May01
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov14
Dec636

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Nemuro, 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 September 24 and lasts for 6.7 months, ending around April 14. The clearest month is December, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 62% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around April 15 and lasts for 5.3 months, ending around September 23. The cloudiest month is July, 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 16 · 63%Jul 25 · 19%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan5545
Feb5149
Mar4852
Apr4456
May3664
Jun2773
Jul2278
Aug2476
Sep3862
Oct5644
Nov6040
Dec6238

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 15 h 12 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 8 h 48 min — a swing of roughly 6 h 24 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.26:534:01
Feb10.26:254:39
Mar11.65:385:16
Apr13.24:425:54
May14.53:596:29
Jun15.13:426:54
Jul14.93:566:51
Aug13.84:286:16
Sep12.35:035:21
Oct10.85:394:26
Nov9.56:193:47
Dec8.86:503:38

Sunny days

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

Nemuro averages about 8 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 3 and 14 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.5 months, from around Sep 21 to Mar 7. The sunniest month is December, with roughly 13 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is July, down near 3 sunny days — about 76% fewer than the December peak.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedbrightDec 1614 daysJul 233 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan11Mixed
Feb9Mixed
Mar9Mixed
Apr7Gloomy
May7Gloomy
Jun5Gloomy
Jul3Gloomy
Aug4Gloomy
Sep7Gloomy
Oct13Mixed
Nov12Mixed
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 Nemuro, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 2.5 months, from around July 14 to September 26. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 44% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 27 to July 13, and June 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJun 10 · 100%Aug 13 · 55%muggyhumiddrycomfortablecomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr100000
May100000
Jun98200
Jul5928121
Aug1838359
Sep4036195
Oct90910
Nov100000
Dec100000

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 Nemuro is typically breezy, near 22 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around Oct 1 to Apr 2. The windiest month is December, averaging about 26 km/h (breezy).

The calmer part of the year runs from around May 8 to Sep 30, with July the calmest month at about 17 km/h.

051015202530JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezebreezywindyDec 5 · 26 km/hJul 14 · 17 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan25breezy
Feb24breezy
Mar23breezy
Apr22breezy
May21breezy
Jun19light breeze
Jul17light breeze
Aug18light breeze
Sep20breezy
Oct23breezy
Nov26breezy
Dec26breezy

Hazard calendar for Nemuro

In seasonPeak

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

Nemuro 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 Nemuro

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late September, Nemuro 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 Nemuro for general outdoor tourist activities is from late July to mid October, with a peak score in the last week of August.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 28 · 5.3

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
Jan0.0poor
Feb0.0poor
Mar0.0poor
Apr0.0poor
May0.9poor
Jun2.3poor
Jul4.0fair
Aug5.2fair
Sep5.1fair
Oct3.9fair
Nov1.5poor
Dec0.0poor

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

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 31 · 1.5

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 Nemuro, 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 17°C), the essentials are rain gear. In the cold season around February (highs near -2°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and a windbreaker.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Nemuro sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 16°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Nemuro

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 September at about 16°C and coldest in February near 0°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

0°5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan2Bracing
Feb0Bracing
Mar0Bracing
Apr2Bracing
May5Bracing
Jun8Bracing
Jul13Bracing
Aug16Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct13Bracing
Nov10Bracing
Dec5Bracing

UV index (midday) in Nemuro 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 Nemuro peaks around August 17 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowAug 17UV 8Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May7Very high
Jun7High
Jul5High
Aug9Very high
Sep6High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Nemuro

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 August the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 7.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 4.5 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
Feb00
Mar00
Apr5.50
May7.53.5
Jun7.52.5
Jul6.50
Aug7.54.5
Sep61
Oct3.50
Nov00
Dec00
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayTypical season (≥50%)

The growing season in Nemuro typically lasts about 247 days, from around April 6 to December 8 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 23 to November 20.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonMar 1210%Apr 650%Apr 2390%Nov 2090%Dec 850%Jan 110%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan531
Feb328
Mar1631
Apr7421
May990
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov9110
Dec3531

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

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. Nemuro banks about 558 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

0200400600JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun7
Jul108
Aug199
Sep179
Oct65
Nov0
Dec0

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.

Nemuro receives about 3.6 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 1.7 and 5.2 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.5 months, from around Mar 5 to Sep 17. The brightest month is May, averaging about 5.2 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 1.7 kWh/m² — roughly 67% less than the May peak.

0123456JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightMay 25.2 kWhDec 151.7 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.0Moderate
Feb2.9Moderate
Mar4.1Bright
Apr5.0Bright
May5.2Bright
Jun5.1Bright
Jul4.6Bright
Aug4.1Bright
Sep3.7Moderate
Oct3.0Moderate
Nov2.1Moderate
Dec1.7Dim

Where is Nemuro?

Nemuro sits at 43.3°N, 145.6°E, 24 m above sea level, in Japan. The nearest listed city is Shibetsu, 52 km away.

AbashiriMotomachiKitamiEngaruSarubetsu

Topography around Nemuro

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nemuro has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 64 m around an average of 20 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 101 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,062 m.

The land around Nemuro is covered by water (32%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, water (75%) within 16 km, and water (69%) within 80 km.

3 km
64 m
16 km
101 m
80 km
1,062 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Shibetsu 52 km · Nakashibetsu 55 km · Kushiro 105 km · Abashiri 131 km · Motomachi 132 km · Kitami 146 km · Engaru 182 km · Sarubetsu 188 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 Nemuro (43.3236°, 145.575°, elevation 24 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).