Beppu climate — normals and trends
Beppu (Japan) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.4 °C and it receives 1,584 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is August (26.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Beppu averages 17 frost days, 33 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 136 rainy days per year.
Beppu has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 30 to 4 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.2 °C (on 14 August 2020) and the coldest -7.8 °C (on 26 February 1981).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
BeppuOita
- coords
- 33.28°, 131.50°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.4°C
Average daily high
19.0°C
Average daily low
12.3°C
Annual rainfall
1,584mm
Sunshine / day
8.4h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
12.7km/h
Seasonal range
21.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
17 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
33 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
136 d/yr
Annual snowfall
8.0 cm
Average feels-like high
19.2 °C
Average feels-like low
11.8 °C
Average peak gust
35.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
90 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.76 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
36.2 °C
14 August 2020
Coldest day
-7.8 °C
26 February 1981
Wettest day
243 mm
26 October 1961
Windiest day
53.2 km/h
6 September 2005
Strongest gust
176.4 km/h
7 September 2004
Hottest feels-like
43.4 °C
14 August 2020
Coldest feels-like
-14.0 °C
26 February 1981
Snowiest day
35.5 cm
15 February 1968
Sunniest day
13.9 h
9 June 1945
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.9 °C | +0.7 °C | 17 mm | -30 mm |
| Feb | 7.9 °C | -1.1 °C | 58 mm | -11 mm |
| Mar | 14.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 90 mm | -3 mm |
| Apr | 18.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 56 mm | -61 mm |
| May | 22.1 °C | +0.2 °C | 235 mm | +91 mm |
| Jun | 27.4 °C | +2.3 °C | 302 mm | +47 mm |
| Jul | 30.7 °C | +1.5 °C | 87 mm | -136 mm |
| Aug | 31.7 °C | +1.9 °C | 159 mm | -30 mm |
| Sep | 29.5 °C | +3.1 °C | 374 mm | +159 mm |
| Oct | 24.0 °C | +2.8 °C | 114 mm | -7 mm |
| Nov | 17.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 23 mm | -43 mm |
| Dec | 12.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 38 mm | -7 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Beppu?
Beppu has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.4 °C and it receives 1,584 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Beppu?
The hottest day measured in Beppu between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 2020, reaching 36.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Beppu?
The coldest day measured in Beppu between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1981, at -7.8 °C.
Does it snow in Beppu?
Yes. Beppu gets on average 8.0 cm of snow per year and has around 17 frost days.
Has the climate of Beppu warmed?
Yes: Beppu warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Beppu?
The wettest day measured in Beppu between 1940 and 2025 was 26 October 1961, with 243 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Beppu?
The windiest day measured in Beppu between 1940 and 2025 was 6 September 2005, with winds reaching 53.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Beppu?
The warmest month in Beppu is August (26.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Beppu?
Beppu receives on average 1,584 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 136 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Beppu?
Beppu gets on average 8.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,066 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Beppu?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Beppu between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1968, with 35.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Beppu?
Yes: Beppu has on average 90 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Beppu?
In Beppu, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.4 °C on 14 August 2020, and the lowest was -14.0 °C on 26 February 1981.
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