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When to go to Motomachi
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What the averages say
On these averages, Motomachi 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 (23°C) and the coolest February (-4°C). The wettest is August (134 mm) and the driest February (40 mm); about 937 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 Motomachi
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3°C | -9°C | 51 mm | 88% | 66% | 1.9 | 23°C | Cold |
| February | -4°C | -10°C | 40 mm | 89% | 67% | 2.7 | 24°C | Cold |
| March | 1°C | -6°C | 49 mm | 85% | 71% | 3.6 | 27°C | Cold |
| April | 7°C | 0°C | 54 mm | 81% | 72% | 4.4 | 31°C | Cold |
| May | 12°C | 5°C | 76 mm | 83% | 74% | 4.9 | 35°C | Cool |
| June | 17°C | 10°C | 86 mm | 84% | 76% | 4.9 | 37°C | Cool |
| July | 21°C | 14°C | 103 mm | 85% | 79% | 4.5 | 39°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| August | 23°C | 16°C | 134 mm | 84% | 79% | 4 | 39°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| September | 20°C | 14°C | 109 mm | 82% | 73% | 3.6 | 37°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| October | 14°C | 7°C | 98 mm | 80% | 62% | 2.8 | 34°C | Cool |
| November | 6°C | 1°C | 68 mm | 82% | 62% | 1.9 | 29°C | Cold |
| December | -1°C | -5°C | 69 mm | 85% | 63% | 1.5 | 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
- Asahikawa139 kmGood for going: June to September
- Sapporo237 kmGood for going: June, July and September
- Hakodate356 kmGood for going: June, July and September
- Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk364 kmGood for going: July and August
- Aomori434 kmGood for going: June, July and September
- Akita564 kmGood for going: May, June and September
- Sendai675 kmGood for going: May, June and September
- Kōriyama780 kmGood for going: May, June and August
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