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When to go to Nankoku
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What the averages say
No month in Nankoku is both between 18°C and 32°C on average and under 150 mm of rain.
- Wet months (150 mm of rain or more): April to October.
- Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): July to September.
- Cold months (a mean high under 10°C): January.
- The warmest month is August (28°C) and the coolest January (8°C). The wettest is June (298 mm) and the driest January (68 mm); about 2,190 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
- FebCool
- MarCool
- AprWet
- MayWet
- JunWet
- JulWet
- AugWet
- SeptWet
- OctWet
- NovCool
- DecCool
Month by month
Every month in Nankoku
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8°C | 3°C | 68 mm | 79% | 62% | 2.6 | 23°C | Cold |
| February | 10°C | 4°C | 103 mm | 78% | 64% | 3.2 | 24°C | Cool |
| March | 13°C | 6°C | 137 mm | 75% | 63% | 4.2 | 27°C | Cool |
| April | 17°C | 11°C | 169 mm | 75% | 64% | 5 | 31°C | Wet |
| May | 21°C | 16°C | 212 mm | 78% | 70% | 5.2 | 35°C | Wet |
| June | 24°C | 20°C | 298 mm | 83% | 83% | 4.5 | 37°C | Wet |
| July | 27°C | 23°C | 291 mm | 86% | 74% | 5 | 39°C | Wet |
| August | 28°C | 24°C | 236 mm | 83% | 64% | 5.2 | 39°C | Wet |
| September | 26°C | 21°C | 286 mm | 81% | 69% | 4.1 | 37°C | Wet |
| October | 21°C | 16°C | 194 mm | 77% | 61% | 3.5 | 34°C | Wet |
| November | 16°C | 11°C | 110 mm | 77% | 59% | 2.7 | 29°C | Cool |
| December | 11°C | 5°C | 86 mm | 80% | 60% | 2.3 | 25°C | Cool |
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
- Kochi11 kmNo month mild to warm and not wet
- Matsuyama87 kmGood for going: April, August and October
- Takamatsu93 kmGood for going: April, May, August and October
- Fukuyama105 kmGood for going: April, May, August and October
- Kurashiki113 kmGood for going: April, May, August and October
- Okayama123 kmGood for going: April, May, August and October
- Hiroshima144 kmGood for going: May, August and October
- Wakayama158 kmGood for going: April
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