Kishiwada climate

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Kishiwada is warmest in August, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 0.8 °C. June is the wettest month (198 mm) and January the driest (64 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kishiwada averages 1,481 mm of rain, 110 days above 25 °C and 34 days below freezing.

Japan · population 205,561 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month August 31 °C
Coldest month January 0.8 °C
Driest month January 64 mm
Wettest month June 198 mm
Least cloud December 49 % cloud
Hottest on record August 38 °C
Coldest on record February -6.9 °C
Warmest sea August 27 °C

What to expectKishiwada through the year

Kishiwada has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 7.6 °C in January to 31 °C in August, a swing of 23 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 110 days a year reach 25 °C, 39 of them reach 30 °C, 34 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 198 mm against 64 mm in January — 3.1 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Kishiwada is warmest in August at 27 °C and coldest in February at 13 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	7.6 °C	64 mm	53 %
February	8.7 °C	72 mm	56 %
March	12.3 °C	109 mm	57 %
April	17.7 °C	115 mm	58 %
May	22.5 °C	137 mm	65 %
June	25.7 °C	198 mm	78 %
July	29.2 °C	178 mm	70 %
August	31.0 °C	107 mm	57 %
September	27.1 °C	179 mm	60 %
October	21.2 °C	167 mm	52 %
November	15.5 °C	85 mm	49 %
December	10.0 °C	71 mm	49 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	7.6 °C	0.8 °C	4.0 °C	17.1 °C	-5.5 °C	0	0	13
February	8.7 °C	1.0 °C	4.6 °C	19.5 °C	-6.9 °C	0	0	12
March	12.3 °C	3.9 °C	8.0 °C	21.1 °C	-2.9 °C	0	0	4
April	17.7 °C	8.9 °C	13.2 °C	27.5 °C	-0.4 °C	0	0	0
May	22.5 °C	13.8 °C	18.1 °C	29.7 °C	4.7 °C	6	0	0
June	25.7 °C	18.5 °C	21.9 °C	34.3 °C	10.4 °C	18	1	0
July	29.2 °C	22.7 °C	25.8 °C	36.6 °C	15.4 °C	30	12	0
August	31.0 °C	23.8 °C	27.1 °C	37.7 °C	17.1 °C	31	21	0
September	27.1 °C	20.0 °C	23.2 °C	35.1 °C	10.6 °C	22	5	0
October	21.2 °C	13.8 °C	17.2 °C	30.1 °C	4.6 °C	3	0	0
November	15.5 °C	8.0 °C	11.6 °C	25.9 °C	-0.2 °C	0	0	0
December	10.0 °C	2.9 °C	6.3 °C	23.9 °C	-2.9 °C	0	0	5

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	64 mm	8	10 h/day	53 %	73 %	18 km/h	14.3 °C
February	72 mm	9	11 h/day	56 %	72 %	18 km/h	13.0 °C
March	109 mm	11	12 h/day	57 %	72 %	18 km/h	13.3 °C
April	115 mm	10	13 h/day	58 %	72 %	17 km/h	15.1 °C
May	137 mm	10	14 h/day	65 %	73 %	15 km/h	17.8 °C
June	198 mm	14	14 h/day	78 %	79 %	15 km/h	21.2 °C
July	178 mm	13	14 h/day	70 %	80 %	15 km/h	24.7 °C
August	107 mm	10	13 h/day	57 %	75 %	15 km/h	26.8 °C
September	179 mm	12	12 h/day	60 %	77 %	15 km/h	25.8 °C
October	167 mm	10	11 h/day	52 %	77 %	15 km/h	22.9 °C
November	85 mm	8	10 h/day	49 %	76 %	15 km/h	19.5 °C
December	71 mm	8	9.9 h/day	49 %	75 %	17 km/h	16.6 °C

How Kishiwada compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Kishiwada	31 °C	0.8 °C	1,481 mm	110
Izumi · Japan	31 °C	0.6 °C	1,456 mm	107
Sakai · Japan	31 °C	1.3 °C	1,449 mm	113
Nishinomiya · Japan	31 °C	1.5 °C	1,561 mm	119
Osaka · Japan	32 °C	1.2 °C	1,455 mm	118
Kobe · Japan	30 °C	2.1 °C	1,569 mm	110
Minato · Japan	30 °C	3.4 °C	1,657 mm	96

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Kishiwada.

QuestionsCommon questions about Kishiwada’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kishiwada?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, June, October sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Kishiwada get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 39 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 0.8 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 34 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Kishiwada?

June, averaging 198 mm over 14 days with rain. The driest month is January with 64 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,481 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Kishiwada rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 34.467°, 135.367° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.