Climate and average weather in Yonabaru

In Yonabaru, the summers are oppressive, hot, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are mild, windy, and mostly cloudy.

Best: early January to early June

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Yonabaru typically varies from 17°C to 29°C, and is rarely below 14°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 times of year to visit Yonabaru for warm-weather activities are from early January to early June and mid September to late December.

Hottest
Aug
29°
Coldest
Jan
17°
Wettest
Jun
218 mm
Driest
Feb
96 mm
Rain / yr
1760 mm
152 wet days
Daylight
10.4–13.6 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
13 m
26.2°N
Clearest
Oct
53% cloud

Yonabaru 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 January to early June.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 4.2 months, from June 8 to October 14, with daily high temperatures above 26°C. The hottest month of the year in Yonabaru is August, with an average high of 29°C and low of 27°C.

The cool season lasts 3.2 months, from December 17 to March 22, with daily high temperatures below 21°C. The coldest month of the year in Yonabaru is January, with an average low of 17°C and high of 19°C.

Days typically run about 2°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan1917
Feb1917
Mar2018
Apr2220
May2423
Jun2726
Jul2927
Aug2927
Sep2827
Oct2625
Nov2422
Dec2119

How hot and cold Yonabaru 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, Yonabaru feels like about 35°C (around August 5). About 84 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in August.

15°20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan19191717
Feb19191717
Mar20201818
Apr22222020
May24242323
Jun29272626
Jul34292727
Aug34292727
Sep32282727
Oct26262525
Nov24242222
Dec21211919

Average hourly temperature in Yonabaru

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 17°C.

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

Yonabaru weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan19° / 17°10311.710.55.7
Feb19° / 17°9611.411.15.6
Mar20° / 18°12812.711.85.9
Apr22° / 20°15012.712.66.1
May24° / 23°20713.813.36.1
Jun27° / 26°21815.813.65.4
Jul29° / 27°12611.413.55.5
Aug29° / 27°17814.812.95.1
Sep28° / 27°19914.212.25.7
Oct26° / 25°14111.611.46.5
Nov24° / 22°10110.610.76.7
Dec21° / 19°11311.210.46.1

Chance of rain

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

Yonabaru gets about 1760 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 2.5 months, from around Apr 14 to Jun 28, peaking in June at about 56% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Nov 4.

June is the wettest month by volume, with 218 mm over about 16 wet days; February is the driest, with 96 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJun 10 · 56%Nov 4 · 34%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3812
Feb4111
Mar4113
Apr4213
May4614
Jun5116
Jul3811
Aug4815
Sep4614
Oct3812
Nov3611
Dec3611

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Yonabaru collects about 1760 mm of rain across 152 wet days — roughly 147 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. June is the wettest month with 218 mm, while February is the driest at just 96 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 35% of the year’s total.

050100150200250JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec10396128150207218126178199141101113
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan10312
Feb9611
Mar12813
Apr15013
May20714
Jun21816
Jul12611
Aug17815
Sep19914
Oct14112
Nov10111
Dec11311

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Yonabaru, 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 5 and lasts for 4.9 months, ending around November 29. The clearest month is October, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 57% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around April 2 and lasts for 3.1 months, ending around July 4. The cloudiest month is June, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 73% 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 12 · 59%Jun 12 · 22%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan2971
Feb3268
Mar4060
Apr4060
May3367
Jun2773
Jul4951
Aug5347
Sep5743
Oct5743
Nov4852
Dec3961

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 5, brings about 13 h 36 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 10 h 24 min — a swing of roughly 3 h 12 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan10.57:235:54
Feb11.17:116:16
Mar11.86:446:33
Apr12.66:116:48
May13.35:477:04
Jun13.65:407:18
Jul13.55:507:19
Aug12.96:057:01
Sep12.26:196:28
Oct11.46:335:55
Nov10.76:535:35
Dec10.47:145:36

Sunny days

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

Yonabaru averages about 8 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 4 and 14 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.7 months, from around Jul 1 to Nov 19. The sunniest month is October, with roughly 12 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is June, down near 5 sunny days — about 58% fewer than the October peak.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightOct 314 daysJun 114 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan5Gloomy
Feb5Gloomy
Mar8Gloomy
Apr7Gloomy
May6Gloomy
Jun5Gloomy
Jul11Mixed
Aug13Mixed
Sep13Mixed
Oct13Mixed
Nov9Mixed
Dec6Gloomy

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

The more humid part of the year lasts 6.9 months, from around April 18 to November 13. The muggiest month is June, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 100% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around November 14 to April 17, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 83% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 30 · 85%Jun 14 · 0%oppressivehumidcomfortablemiserablemuggydrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan612214400
Feb542315700
Mar3822221720
Apr17182127170
May2715254210
Jun00282367
Jul0000594
Aug0000990
Sep00493057
Oct1716263614
Nov11222626151
Dec4228191010

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 Yonabaru is typically breezy, near 25 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.7 months, from around Sep 21 to Mar 13. The windiest month is December, averaging about 28 km/h (breezy).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Mar 14 to Sep 20, with May the calmest month at about 21 km/h.

05101520253035JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezebreezywindyDec 2 · 29 km/hMay 25 · 21 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan27breezy
Feb26breezy
Mar25breezy
Apr23breezy
May21breezy
Jun23breezy
Jul23breezy
Aug23breezy
Sep24breezy
Oct27breezy
Nov28breezy
Dec28breezy

Hazard calendar for Yonabaru

In seasonPeak

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

Yonabaru 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 Yonabaru

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around mid January, Yonabaru 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 Yonabaru for general outdoor tourist activities run from late June to late July and again from mid September to early June, with a peak score in the first week of November.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationNov 7 · 6.9

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
Jan5.7good
Feb5.6good
Mar5.9good
Apr6.1good
May6.0good
Jun5.4fair
Jul5.5good
Aug5.1fair
Sep5.7good
Oct6.5good
Nov6.7good
Dec6.1good

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 Yonabaru for hot-weather activities is from mid June to mid November, with a peak score in the third week of July.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 17 · 6.8

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 Yonabaru, 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, sun protection and a windbreaker. In the cold season around January (highs near 19°C), pack rain gear and a windbreaker.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Yonabaru sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection and a windbreaker. About 15 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Yonabaru

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 15 km away) is warmest in August at about 29°C and coldest in February near 22°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan23Refreshing
Feb22Refreshing
Mar22Refreshing
Apr23Refreshing
May25Warm
Jun27Warm
Jul29Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep28Tropical
Oct27Warm
Nov26Warm
Dec24Refreshing

UV index (midday) in Yonabaru 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 Yonabaru peaks around July 11 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 23 at about 5 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highExtremeVery highHighJul 11UV 11Dec 23UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan5High
Feb7Very high
Mar9Very high
Apr8Very high
May10Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct8Very high
Nov7High
Dec5Moderate

Average hourly UV index in Yonabaru

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)
Jan4.50
Feb63
Mar74.5
Apr74.5
May85.5
Jun8.56.5
Jul8.56
Aug86
Sep7.55.5
Oct6.53.5
Nov5.52
Dec4.50

Air quality in Yonabaru 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 Yonabaru is worst in March — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (July, 8 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodMar 2017 µg/m³Jul 128 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Good
Feb14Moderate
Mar17Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May13Moderate
Jun9Good
Jul8Good
Aug10Good
Sep9Good
Oct9Good
Nov10Good
Dec10Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Yonabaru is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

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. Yonabaru banks about 4,806 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

02,0004,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan251
Feb224
Mar287
Apr338
May424
Jun488
Jul555
Aug557
Sep515
Oct475
Nov385
Dec306

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.

Yonabaru receives about 4.4 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.4 and 6.5 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.6 months, from around Mar 23 to Oct 9. The brightest month is July, averaging about 6.4 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.4 kWh/m² — roughly 62% less than the July peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJul 136.5 kWhDec 192.4 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.5Moderate
Feb3.1Moderate
Mar4.2Bright
Apr5.0Bright
May5.3Bright
Jun5.6Bright
Jul6.4Intense
Aug6.0Bright
Sep5.2Bright
Oct4.2Bright
Nov3.0Moderate
Dec2.4Moderate

Where is Yonabaru?

Yonabaru sits at 26.2°N, 127.8°E, 13 m above sea level, in Japan. The nearest listed city is Kanegusuku, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Yonabaru

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yonabaru has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 156 m around an average of 41 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 191 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 491 m.

The land around Yonabaru is covered by artificial surfaces (43%) and trees (37%) within 3 km, water (62%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 16 km, and water (91%) within 80 km.

3 km
156 m
16 km
191 m
80 km
491 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Kanegusuku 3.0 km · Nishihara 6.0 km · Nakagusuku 6.0 km · Urasoe 6.0 km · Ginowan 7.0 km · Nanjō 7.0 km · Tomigusuku 7.0 km · Naha 7.0 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 Yonabaru (26.2044°, 127.7527°, 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).