Kurashiki climate — normals and trends
Kurashiki (Japan) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.3 °C and it receives 1,293 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 (27.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Kurashiki averages 2 frost days, 17 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 123 rainy days per year.
Kurashiki has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °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 33.4 °C (on 4 August 2001) and the coldest -3.8 °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
KurashikiOkayama
- coords
- 34.58°, 133.77°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.3°C
Average daily high
18.6°C
Average daily low
14.0°C
Annual rainfall
1,293mm
Sunshine / day
8.9h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
19.4km/h
Seasonal range
20.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
2 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
17 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
123 d/yr
Annual snowfall
3.6 cm
Average feels-like high
18.2 °C
Average feels-like low
12.8 °C
Average peak gust
32.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
103 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.3 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.49 · 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
33.4 °C
4 August 2001
Coldest day
-3.8 °C
26 February 1981
Wettest day
121 mm
29 September 2004
Windiest day
71.5 km/h
21 August 1970
Strongest gust
137.5 km/h
4 September 1993
Hottest feels-like
40.3 °C
24 July 2018
Coldest feels-like
-11.9 °C
26 February 1981
Snowiest day
9.2 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 | 8.6 °C | -0.1 °C | 15 mm | -35 mm |
| Feb | 7.5 °C | -1.6 °C | 36 mm | -27 mm |
| Mar | 11.9 °C | -0.3 °C | 128 mm | +32 mm |
| Apr | 16.7 °C | -0.2 °C | 60 mm | -58 mm |
| May | 20.4 °C | -0.3 °C | 163 mm | +29 mm |
| Jun | 25.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 243 mm | +56 mm |
| Jul | 30.1 °C | +2.4 °C | 42 mm | -125 mm |
| Aug | 31.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 112 mm | +9 mm |
| Sep | 28.8 °C | +2.5 °C | 162 mm | +7 mm |
| Oct | 23.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 172 mm | +64 mm |
| Nov | 16.5 °C | +0.4 °C | 29 mm | -38 mm |
| Dec | 11.9 °C | +0.7 °C | 32 mm | -14 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kurashiki?
Kurashiki has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.3 °C and it receives 1,293 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kurashiki?
The hottest day measured in Kurashiki between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 2001, reaching 33.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kurashiki?
The coldest day measured in Kurashiki between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1981, at -3.8 °C.
Does it snow in Kurashiki?
Yes. Kurashiki gets on average 3.6 cm of snow per year and has around 2 frost days.
Has the climate of Kurashiki warmed?
Yes: Kurashiki warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kurashiki?
The wettest day measured in Kurashiki between 1940 and 2025 was 29 September 2004, with 121 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kurashiki?
The windiest day measured in Kurashiki between 1940 and 2025 was 21 August 1970, with winds reaching 71.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kurashiki?
The warmest month in Kurashiki is August (27.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Kurashiki?
Kurashiki receives on average 1,293 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 123 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kurashiki?
Kurashiki gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kurashiki?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kurashiki between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1968, with 9.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kurashiki?
Yes: Kurashiki has on average 103 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kurashiki?
In Kurashiki, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.3 °C on 24 July 2018, and the lowest was -11.9 °C on 26 February 1981.
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