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When to go to Nishinomiya
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What the averages say
On these averages, Nishinomiya has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in April.
- Wet months (150 mm of rain or more): May to October.
- Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): June to September.
- Cold months (a mean high under 10°C): December to February.
- The warmest month is August (30°C) and the coolest January (6°C). The wettest is September (225 mm) and the driest January (66 mm); about 1,753 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
- MarCool
- AprMild–warm, mixed
- MayWet
- JunWet
- JulWet
- AugWet
- SeptWet
- OctWet
- NovCool
- DecCold
Month by month
Every month in Nishinomiya
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6°C | -1°C | 66 mm | 84% | 70% | 2.3 | 23°C | Cold |
| February | 8°C | -1°C | 80 mm | 82% | 69% | 3 | 24°C | Cold |
| March | 12°C | 2°C | 116 mm | 80% | 65% | 4 | 27°C | Cool |
| April | 18°C | 7°C | 135 mm | 78% | 64% | 4.8 | 31°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| May | 22°C | 12°C | 159 mm | 79% | 67% | 5.3 | 35°C | Wet |
| June | 25°C | 17°C | 213 mm | 83% | 79% | 4.8 | 37°C | Wet |
| July | 29°C | 21°C | 220 mm | 85% | 73% | 4.9 | 39°C | Wet |
| August | 30°C | 22°C | 178 mm | 84% | 62% | 5.2 | 39°C | Wet |
| September | 26°C | 18°C | 225 mm | 84% | 68% | 4.1 | 37°C | Wet |
| October | 21°C | 12°C | 192 mm | 84% | 63% | 3.3 | 34°C | Wet |
| November | 15°C | 6°C | 93 mm | 84% | 60% | 2.6 | 29°C | Cool |
| December | 9°C | 1°C | 76 mm | 84% | 65% | 2.1 | 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
- Kobe14 kmGood for going: April, May and August
- Toyonaka15 kmGood for going: May and August
- Osaka16 kmGood for going: April
- Sakai19 kmGood for going: April
- Takatsuki30 kmGood for going: May and August
- Akashi30 kmGood for going: April, May and August
- Hirakata31 kmGood for going: May and August
- Nara43 kmGood for going: April
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