Kure climate

Name: Kure
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Kure is warmest in August, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 3.4 °C. June is the wettest month (237 mm) and January the driest (52 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kure averages 1,527 mm of rain, 82 days above 25 °C and 4 days below freezing.

Japan · population 214,592 · 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 29 °C
Coldest month January 3.4 °C
Driest month January 52 mm
Wettest month June 237 mm
Least cloud November 48 % cloud
Hottest on record July 36 °C
Coldest on record January -4.2 °C
Warmest sea August 26 °C

What to expectKure through the year

Kure has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 8.3 °C in January to 29 °C in August, a swing of 21 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 82 days a year reach 25 °C, 11 of them reach 30 °C, 4 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 237 mm against 52 mm in January — 4.6 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Kure is warmest in August at 26 °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	8.3 °C	52 mm	55 %
February	9.1 °C	71 mm	57 %
March	12.1 °C	116 mm	57 %
April	16.5 °C	138 mm	58 %
May	20.6 °C	152 mm	62 %
June	23.6 °C	237 mm	76 %
July	27.2 °C	223 mm	69 %
August	28.8 °C	127 mm	58 %
September	25.7 °C	168 mm	59 %
October	20.9 °C	112 mm	48 %
November	15.8 °C	70 mm	48 %
December	10.5 °C	61 mm	50 %

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	8.3 °C	3.4 °C	5.7 °C	16.5 °C	-4.2 °C	0	0	2
February	9.1 °C	3.7 °C	6.2 °C	17.8 °C	-3.8 °C	0	0	2
March	12.1 °C	6.1 °C	9.0 °C	20.6 °C	-1.1 °C	0	0	0
April	16.5 °C	10.5 °C	13.4 °C	24.3 °C	1.5 °C	0	0	0
May	20.6 °C	14.9 °C	17.7 °C	28.7 °C	7.6 °C	1	0	0
June	23.6 °C	19.0 °C	21.2 °C	29.8 °C	12.5 °C	7	0	0
July	27.2 °C	23.1 °C	24.9 °C	36.1 °C	17.4 °C	26	3	0
August	28.8 °C	24.3 °C	26.3 °C	35.7 °C	18.8 °C	30	8	0
September	25.7 °C	21.1 °C	23.2 °C	34.5 °C	14.4 °C	18	1	0
October	20.9 °C	16.0 °C	18.3 °C	28.3 °C	6.7 °C	1	0	0
November	15.8 °C	10.7 °C	13.1 °C	23.5 °C	1.8 °C	0	0	0
December	10.5 °C	5.7 °C	8.0 °C	19.6 °C	-1.1 °C	0	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	52 mm	6	10 h/day	55 %	66 %	21 km/h	14.6 °C
February	71 mm	7	11 h/day	57 %	67 %	21 km/h	13.1 °C
March	116 mm	10	12 h/day	57 %	69 %	20 km/h	13.3 °C
April	138 mm	10	13 h/day	58 %	72 %	18 km/h	14.7 °C
May	152 mm	10	14 h/day	62 %	76 %	16 km/h	17.1 °C
June	237 mm	14	14 h/day	76 %	82 %	15 km/h	20.4 °C
July	223 mm	13	14 h/day	69 %	84 %	16 km/h	24.2 °C
August	127 mm	11	13 h/day	58 %	81 %	15 km/h	26.3 °C
September	168 mm	11	12 h/day	59 %	76 %	17 km/h	25.2 °C
October	112 mm	8	11 h/day	48 %	71 %	18 km/h	23.0 °C
November	70 mm	7	10 h/day	48 %	69 %	18 km/h	20.2 °C
December	61 mm	7	9.9 h/day	50 %	67 %	20 km/h	17.1 °C

How Kure 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
Kure	29 °C	3.4 °C	1,527 mm	82
Hiroshima · Japan	30 °C	1.6 °C	1,563 mm	110
Higashihiroshima · Japan	29 °C	0.3 °C	1,413 mm	94
Imabari · Japan	30 °C	4.2 °C	1,653 mm	100
Matsuyama · Japan	31 °C	3.4 °C	1,697 mm	115
Shinagawa · Japan	30 °C	0.4 °C	1,992 mm	108
Fukuyama · Japan	31 °C	2.1 °C	1,257 mm	114

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Kure’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kure?

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 Kure get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 11 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 3.4 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 4 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Kure?

June, averaging 237 mm over 14 days with rain. The driest month is January with 52 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,527 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 Kure 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: 34.232°, 132.567° (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.