Himeji climate — normals and trends
Himeji (Japan) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.9 °C and it receives 1,516 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 (26.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.
Himeji averages 2 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 127 rainy days per year.
Himeji has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 3 to 1 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.8 °C (on 24 July 2002) and the coldest -2.9 °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
HimejiHyōgo
- coords
- 34.82°, 134.70°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.9°C
Average daily high
18.0°C
Average daily low
13.8°C
Annual rainfall
1,516mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
21.5km/h
Seasonal range
20.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
2 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
127 d/yr
Annual snowfall
4.2 cm
Average feels-like high
17.7 °C
Average feels-like low
12.4 °C
Average peak gust
36.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
101 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.4 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.56 · 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
32.8 °C
24 July 2002
Coldest day
-2.9 °C
26 February 1981
Wettest day
201 mm
27 October 1961
Windiest day
84.5 km/h
26 September 1954
Strongest gust
156.6 km/h
30 August 2004
Hottest feels-like
40.0 °C
24 July 2002
Coldest feels-like
-11.6 °C
26 February 1981
Snowiest day
14.4 cm
15 February 1968
Sunniest day
14.0 h
21 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.4 °C | 0.0 °C | 22 mm | -30 mm |
| Feb | 7.0 °C | -1.7 °C | 28 mm | -36 mm |
| Mar | 11.0 °C | -0.6 °C | 100 mm | -2 mm |
| Apr | 15.9 °C | -0.2 °C | 62 mm | -69 mm |
| May | 20.0 °C | +0.2 °C | 194 mm | +44 mm |
| Jun | 24.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 211 mm | +8 mm |
| Jul | 28.9 °C | +2.2 °C | 67 mm | -126 mm |
| Aug | 30.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 148 mm | +13 mm |
| Sep | 28.1 °C | +2.2 °C | 264 mm | +51 mm |
| Oct | 22.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 223 mm | +85 mm |
| Nov | 16.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 31 mm | -52 mm |
| Dec | 12.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 35 mm | -17 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Himeji?
Himeji has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.9 °C and it receives 1,516 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Himeji?
The hottest day measured in Himeji between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2002, reaching 32.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Himeji?
The coldest day measured in Himeji between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1981, at -2.9 °C.
Does it snow in Himeji?
Yes. Himeji gets on average 4.2 cm of snow per year and has around 2 frost days.
Has the climate of Himeji warmed?
Yes: Himeji warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Himeji?
The wettest day measured in Himeji between 1940 and 2025 was 27 October 1961, with 201 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Himeji?
The windiest day measured in Himeji between 1940 and 2025 was 26 September 1954, with winds reaching 84.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Himeji?
The warmest month in Himeji is August (26.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Himeji?
Himeji receives on average 1,516 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 127 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Himeji?
Himeji gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Himeji?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Himeji between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1968, with 14.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Himeji?
Yes: Himeji has on average 101 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Himeji?
In Himeji, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.0 °C on 24 July 2002, and the lowest was -11.6 °C on 26 February 1981.
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