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When to go to Mombetsu
When to go
What the averages say
On these averages, Mombetsu has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in July to September.
- Cold months (a mean high under 10°C): November to April.
- The warmest month is August (22°C) and the coolest February (-4°C). The wettest is August (138 mm) and the driest February (47 mm); about 968 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
- AprCold
- MayCool
- JunCool
- JulMild–warm, mixed
- AugMild–warm, mixed
- SeptMild–warm, mixed
- OctCool
- NovCold
- DecCold
Month by month
Every month in Mombetsu
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4°C | -9°C | 57 mm | 90% | 85% | 1.4 | 23°C | Cold |
| February | -4°C | -10°C | 47 mm | 90% | 78% | 2.2 | 24°C | Cold |
| March | -1°C | -6°C | 50 mm | 89% | 74% | 3.4 | 27°C | Cold |
| April | 6°C | 0°C | 47 mm | 83% | 70% | 4.4 | 31°C | Cold |
| May | 12°C | 5°C | 68 mm | 82% | 73% | 4.8 | 35°C | Cool |
| June | 16°C | 10°C | 81 mm | 85% | 75% | 4.8 | 37°C | Cool |
| July | 20°C | 14°C | 115 mm | 87% | 76% | 4.7 | 39°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| August | 22°C | 16°C | 138 mm | 86% | 76% | 4.2 | 39°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| September | 19°C | 13°C | 106 mm | 83% | 68% | 3.7 | 37°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| October | 13°C | 7°C | 96 mm | 81% | 68% | 2.6 | 34°C | Cool |
| November | 5°C | 0°C | 84 mm | 84% | 78% | 1.5 | 29°C | Cold |
| December | -1°C | -5°C | 79 mm | 87% | 85% | 1.1 | 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.
When to go nearby
When to go nearby
- Asahikawa102 kmGood for going: June to September
- Sapporo215 kmGood for going: June, July and September
- Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk293 kmGood for going: July and August
- Hakodate357 kmGood for going: June, July and September
- Aomori448 kmGood for going: June, July and September
- Akita581 kmGood for going: May, June and September
- Sendai708 kmGood for going: May, June and September
- Khabarovsk780 kmGood for going: May to September
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