Average Annual Climate in Niigata
Here are the key elements of Niigata's year-round climate averages:
- Minimum annual temperature: 11°C
- Average annual temperature: 15°C
- Maximum annual temperature: 18°C
- Precipitation: 180 mm/month (with 18 rainy days/month)
Monthly climate normals
| Min / Max | Precipitation | |
| January | – / 6° | 186mm / 24 days |
| february | – / 6° | 129mm / 20 days |
| March | 2 ° / 10 ° | 128mm / 19 days |
| April | 7 ° / 16 ° | 119mm / 16 days |
| may | 13 ° / 21 ° | 115mm / 13 days |
| June | 18 ° / 25 ° | 159mm / 13 days |
| July | 22 ° / 29 ° | 277mm / 17 days |
| August | 23 ° / 31 ° | 174mm / 11 days |
| September | 20 ° / 27 ° | 174mm / 14 days |
| October | 13 ° / 21 ° | 209mm / 17 days |
| November | 7 ° / 14 ° | 248mm / 22 days |
| December | 2 ° / 9 ° | 243mm / 24 days |
These weather forecasts were generated using data recorded at the NIIGATA weather station. The latter is located in Japan, 5 km from Niigata and is located at an altitude of 6 meters.
The best time to go, or the one to avoid
Below are some additional guidelines that should allow you to choose which are the good months to stay in Niigata, or the not so good months.
Which are the warmest months in Niigata?
In Niigata, the months of the year with the highest maximum temperatures are:
August (with 31°C), July (with 29°C), September (with 27°C), …
What are the coldest months?
The months of the year with the lowest average temperatures in Niigata are:
January (with 3°C), february (with 3°C), December (with 6°C), …
Which are the driest months in Niigata?
In Niigata, the months of the year with the fewest rainy days are:
August (with 11 rainy days/month), June (with 13 rainy days/month), may (with 13 rainy days/month), …
What are the rainiest months?
The months with the most rainy days in Niigata are:
January (with 24 rainy days/month), December (with 24 rainy days/month), November (with 22 rainy days/month), …
What is the weather around?
Nearby cities with a similar climate
Cities a few kilometers from Niigata can have a fairly similar climate:
Shibata (30 km from Niigata), Niitsu-honchō (14 km), Tsubame (26 km), Shirone (14 km), Gosen (22 km), Kameda-honchō (9 km), Kamo ( 25 km), Maki (19 km), Yoshida-kasugachō (25 km), Suibara (20 km), ...
Around Niigata
You might also be interested in these cities:
Nagano (156 km from Niigata), Utsunomiya (166 km), Sendai (168 km), Iwaki (190 km),
In Japan
Check the climate forecasts for other major cities in Japan:
Tokyo (252 km from Niigata), Yokohama (279 km), Osaka (474 km), Nagoya (354 km), Sapporo (609 km), Kōbe (493 km), Kyōto (431 km) , Fukuoka (909 km), Hiroshima (705 km), Sendai (168 km),
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