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What the averages say
On these averages, Kanazawa has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in May.
- Wet months (150 mm of rain or more): June to January.
- Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): July and August.
- Cold months (a mean high under 10°C): December to March.
- The warmest month is August (28°C) and the coolest January (2°C). The wettest is July (242 mm) and the driest May (118 mm); about 2,012 mm of rain falls in a year.
How these sentences are worded
Each sentence is written from the figures by fixed rules, and says no more than they do. Mild to warm: a mean daily high from 18°C up to 32°C. Hot: 32°C or more. Cool: 10°C up to 18°C. Cold: under 10°C. Dry: under 50 mm of rain in the month; wet: 150 mm or more. Humid: a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more. A month is described as good for going when it is mild to warm and not wet.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanCold
- FebCold
- MarCold
- AprCool
- MayMild–warm, mixed
- JunWet
- JulWet
- AugWet
- SeptWet
- OctWet
- NovWet
- DecCold
Month by month
Every month in Kanazawa
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2°C | -3°C | 189 mm | 89% | 91% | 1.6 | 23°C | Cold |
| February | 3°C | -3°C | 125 mm | 87% | 86% | 2.4 | 24°C | Cold |
| March | 7°C | 0°C | 134 mm | 81% | 80% | 3.6 | 27°C | Cold |
| April | 14°C | 5°C | 126 mm | 76% | 75% | 4.6 | 31°C | Cool |
| May | 20°C | 11°C | 118 mm | 75% | 75% | 5.2 | 35°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| June | 24°C | 15°C | 154 mm | 78% | 82% | 5 | 37°C | Wet |
| July | 27°C | 20°C | 242 mm | 82% | 81% | 4.7 | 39°C | Wet |
| August | 28°C | 21°C | 171 mm | 81% | 72% | 5 | 39°C | Wet |
| September | 24°C | 17°C | 200 mm | 83% | 77% | 3.9 | 37°C | Wet |
| October | 18°C | 10°C | 162 mm | 83% | 73% | 3.1 | 34°C | Wet |
| November | 12°C | 5°C | 164 mm | 84% | 78% | 2.1 | 29°C | Wet |
| December | 5°C | 0°C | 227 mm | 88% | 88% | 1.4 | 25°C | Cold |
The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.
Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.
The model's grid cell sits about 476 m higher than the town, so real temperatures there run a little warmer than these.
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