Climate guideThirty-year normals for Kitami
Kitami climate by month
Warm-summer humid continental · DfbBest Jun–Jul · Sep
Annual mean6°day and night
Seasonal swing29°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation924 mm140 wet days a year
43.80° N, 143.89° EElevation 79 mUTC+9 · Japan Standard Time
When to goKitami · weather score
Best timeJun–Jul · Sep
October: high / low14° / 6°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Kitami has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb): warm summers, cold winters and precipitation in every season.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 24° and nights 17°. January is the coolest month, with highs of -4° and lows of -13°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 29°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 924 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (130 mm, 16 wet days) and February the driest (38 mm, 8 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 33% in October to 49% in July.
Compared with Tokyo, the capital, Kitami is 5.3° cooler on a August afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 24° · August
- Coldest nights
- -13° · January
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- October · 33% cloud
- Longest day
- 15 h 26 min
- Shortest day
- 8 h 56 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | -4° | -3° | 1° | 9° | 16° | 19° | 23° | 24° | 20° | 14° | 6° | -1° |
| Average low | -13° | -12° | -7° | 0° | 6° | 11° | 15° | 17° | 12° | 6° | -1° | -9° |
| Precipitation | 53 mm | 38 mm | 54 mm | 63 mm | 77 mm | 73 mm | 108 mm | 130 mm | 131 mm | 82 mm | 60 mm | 55 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 12 | 8 | 10 | 10.3 | 12 | 12.8 | 10.3 | 16 | 10.5 | 13 | 13.8 | 10.8 |
| Cloud cover | 43% | 45% | 43% | 43% | 46% | 48% | 49% | 47% | 43% | 33% | 34% | 37% |
| Daylight | 9h 16 | 10h 28 | 11h 51 | 13h 24 | 14h 42 | 15h 26 | 15h 09 | 14h 02 | 12h 34 | 11h 05 | 9h 42 | 8h 56 |
| Month score | 24 | 33 | 29 | 28 | 52 | 62 | 68 | 60 | 70 | 49 | 24 | 30 |
ivMonth by month
Kitami in every month
January24
-4° / -13°
53 mm · 12 wet days
February33
-3° / -12°
38 mm · 8 wet days
March29
1° / -7°
54 mm · 10 wet days
April28
9° / 0°
63 mm · 10.3 wet days
May52
16° / 6°
77 mm · 12 wet days
June62
19° / 11°
73 mm · 12.8 wet days
July68
23° / 15°
108 mm · 10.3 wet days
August60
24° / 17°
130 mm · 16 wet days
September70
20° / 12°
131 mm · 10.5 wet days
October49
14° / 6°
82 mm · 13 wet days
November24
6° / -1°
60 mm · 13.8 wet days
December30
-1° / -9°
55 mm · 10.8 wet days