Kurashiki climate

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Kurashiki is warmest in August, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 2.5 °C. June is the wettest month (184 mm) and January the driest (51 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kurashiki averages 1,297 mm of rain, 112 days above 25 °C and 11 days below freezing.

Japan · population 483,576 · 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 2.5 °C
Driest month January 51 mm
Wettest month June 184 mm
Least cloud December 48 % cloud
Hottest on record August 38 °C
Coldest on record February -8.1 °C
Warmest sea August 28 °C

What to expectKurashiki through the year

Kurashiki has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 9.1 °C in January to 31 °C in August, a swing of 22 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 112 days a year reach 25 °C, 40 of them reach 30 °C, 11 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 184 mm against 51 mm in January — 3.6 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Kurashiki is warmest in August at 28 °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	9.1 °C	51 mm	53 %
February	10.0 °C	61 mm	56 %
March	13.3 °C	101 mm	57 %
April	18.3 °C	116 mm	58 %
May	22.8 °C	129 mm	62 %
June	25.8 °C	184 mm	76 %
July	29.4 °C	172 mm	68 %
August	31.0 °C	98 mm	57 %
September	27.2 °C	154 mm	60 %
October	21.8 °C	117 mm	50 %
November	16.5 °C	59 mm	49 %
December	11.2 °C	55 mm	48 %

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	9.1 °C	2.5 °C	5.5 °C	17.4 °C	-5.5 °C	0	0	4
February	10.0 °C	2.8 °C	6.1 °C	20.4 °C	-8.1 °C	0	0	4
March	13.3 °C	5.3 °C	9.2 °C	22.8 °C	-3.8 °C	0	0	1
April	18.3 °C	10.0 °C	14.0 °C	27.0 °C	-1.8 °C	1	0	0
May	22.8 °C	14.6 °C	18.6 °C	33.1 °C	3.7 °C	6	0	0
June	25.8 °C	19.1 °C	22.4 °C	33.7 °C	11.8 °C	19	1	0
July	29.4 °C	23.4 °C	26.3 °C	36.7 °C	16.8 °C	30	13	0
August	31.0 °C	24.5 °C	27.6 °C	37.5 °C	16.3 °C	31	20	0
September	27.2 °C	20.8 °C	23.8 °C	35.6 °C	11.4 °C	23	5	0
October	21.8 °C	14.9 °C	18.2 °C	30.4 °C	2.5 °C	4	0	0
November	16.5 °C	9.3 °C	12.7 °C	24.4 °C	-0.3 °C	0	0	0
December	11.2 °C	4.5 °C	7.7 °C	21.3 °C	-5.6 °C	0	0	2

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	51 mm	7	10 h/day	53 %	66 %	23 km/h	14.3 °C
February	61 mm	8	11 h/day	56 %	66 %	22 km/h	12.9 °C
March	101 mm	10	12 h/day	57 %	67 %	21 km/h	13.3 °C
April	116 mm	10	13 h/day	58 %	69 %	20 km/h	14.9 °C
May	129 mm	10	14 h/day	62 %	72 %	17 km/h	17.9 °C
June	184 mm	12	14 h/day	76 %	78 %	17 km/h	21.6 °C
July	172 mm	12	14 h/day	68 %	81 %	16 km/h	25.1 °C
August	98 mm	9	13 h/day	57 %	76 %	17 km/h	27.5 °C
September	154 mm	10	12 h/day	60 %	75 %	18 km/h	26.6 °C
October	117 mm	9	11 h/day	50 %	73 %	18 km/h	23.4 °C
November	59 mm	7	10 h/day	49 %	71 %	19 km/h	19.5 °C
December	55 mm	7	9.9 h/day	48 %	68 %	22 km/h	16.3 °C

How Kurashiki 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
Kurashiki	31 °C	2.5 °C	1,297 mm	112
Okayama · Japan	31 °C	1.1 °C	1,266 mm	116
Takamatsu · Japan	30 °C	3.6 °C	1,444 mm	95
Fukuyama · Japan	31 °C	2.1 °C	1,257 mm	114

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Kurashiki’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kurashiki?

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 Kurashiki get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 40 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 2.5 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 11 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Kurashiki?

June, averaging 184 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is January with 51 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,297 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 Kurashiki 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: 34.583°, 133.767° (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.