Ube climate

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Ube is warmest in August, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 4.2 °C. June is the wettest month (277 mm) and January the driest (73 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Ube averages 1,701 mm of rain, 97 days above 25 °C and 2 days below freezing.

Japan · population 173,733 · 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 30 °C
Coldest month January 4.2 °C
Driest month January 73 mm
Wettest month June 277 mm
Least cloud October 49 % cloud
Hottest on record July 37 °C
Coldest on record January -3.5 °C
Warmest sea August 27 °C

What to expectUbe through the year

Ube has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 8.5 °C in January to 30 °C in August, a swing of 21 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 97 days a year reach 25 °C, 25 of them reach 30 °C, 2 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 277 mm against 73 mm in January — 3.8 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Ube is warmest in August at 27 °C and coldest in February at 12 °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	8.5 °C	73 mm	67 %
February	9.4 °C	83 mm	64 %
March	12.5 °C	132 mm	61 %
April	17.1 °C	149 mm	59 %
May	21.4 °C	162 mm	63 %
June	24.7 °C	277 mm	77 %
July	28.4 °C	259 mm	70 %
August	29.8 °C	141 mm	59 %
September	26.5 °C	169 mm	59 %
October	21.7 °C	98 mm	49 %
November	16.2 °C	85 mm	53 %
December	10.8 °C	73 mm	60 %

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	8.5 °C	4.2 °C	6.3 °C	17.2 °C	-3.5 °C	0	0	1
February	9.4 °C	4.3 °C	6.8 °C	19.0 °C	-3.1 °C	0	0	1
March	12.5 °C	6.6 °C	9.4 °C	21.8 °C	-0.2 °C	0	0	0
April	17.1 °C	10.8 °C	13.8 °C	26.1 °C	2.7 °C	0	0	0
May	21.4 °C	15.2 °C	18.1 °C	28.8 °C	7.2 °C	2	0	0
June	24.7 °C	19.5 °C	21.8 °C	32.1 °C	13.3 °C	13	0	0
July	28.4 °C	23.7 °C	25.7 °C	37.3 °C	17.8 °C	28	8	0
August	29.8 °C	24.8 °C	27.0 °C	35.6 °C	19.4 °C	31	14	0
September	26.5 °C	21.4 °C	23.7 °C	33.0 °C	15.1 °C	21	2	0
October	21.7 °C	16.2 °C	18.7 °C	28.2 °C	8.8 °C	3	0	0
November	16.2 °C	11.2 °C	13.6 °C	24.9 °C	2.0 °C	0	0	0
December	10.8 °C	6.4 °C	8.6 °C	21.1 °C	-2.3 °C	0	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	73 mm	11	10 h/day	67 %	68 %	22 km/h	13.4 °C
February	83 mm	10	11 h/day	64 %	68 %	22 km/h	11.9 °C
March	132 mm	11	12 h/day	61 %	71 %	21 km/h	12.2 °C
April	149 mm	11	13 h/day	59 %	74 %	20 km/h	14.1 °C
May	162 mm	10	14 h/day	63 %	77 %	18 km/h	17.4 °C
June	277 mm	14	14 h/day	77 %	83 %	17 km/h	21.2 °C
July	259 mm	14	14 h/day	70 %	85 %	17 km/h	25.0 °C
August	141 mm	12	13 h/day	59 %	81 %	17 km/h	27.2 °C
September	169 mm	11	12 h/day	59 %	78 %	18 km/h	25.9 °C
October	98 mm	8	11 h/day	49 %	72 %	18 km/h	22.9 °C
November	85 mm	8	10 h/day	53 %	71 %	19 km/h	19.5 °C
December	73 mm	10	9.9 h/day	60 %	68 %	22 km/h	16.2 °C

How Ube 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
Ube	30 °C	4.2 °C	1,701 mm	97
Shimonoseki · Japan	30 °C	3.7 °C	1,639 mm	100
Yamaguchi · Japan	30 °C	1.6 °C	1,692 mm	106
Kitakyushu · Japan	30 °C	3.4 °C	1,560 mm	101

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Ube’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ube?

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 Ube get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 25 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 4.2 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 2 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Ube?

June, averaging 277 mm over 14 days with rain. The driest month is January with 73 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,701 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 Ube 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: 33.943°, 131.251° (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.