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When to go to Obihiro
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What the averages say
On these averages, Obihiro has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in June to September.
- Cold months (a mean high under 10°C): November to April.
- The warmest month is August (24°C) and the coolest January (-5°C). The wettest is August (149 mm) and the driest February (41 mm); about 1,047 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
- JunMild–warm, mixed
- JulMild–warm, mixed
- AugMild–warm, mixed
- SeptMild–warm, mixed
- OctCool
- NovCold
- DecCold
Month by month
Every month in Obihiro
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -5°C | -14°C | 47 mm | 93% | 68% | 1.9 | 23°C | Cold |
| February | -4°C | -14°C | 41 mm | 91% | 68% | 2.7 | 24°C | Cold |
| March | 1°C | -8°C | 53 mm | 87% | 67% | 3.8 | 27°C | Cold |
| April | 8°C | -2°C | 64 mm | 81% | 67% | 4.8 | 31°C | Cold |
| May | 16°C | 4°C | 88 mm | 80% | 70% | 5.1 | 35°C | Cool |
| June | 20°C | 10°C | 97 mm | 82% | 76% | 4.9 | 37°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| July | 24°C | 14°C | 122 mm | 84% | 79% | 4.4 | 39°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| August | 24°C | 15°C | 149 mm | 83% | 77% | 4.1 | 39°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| September | 20°C | 11°C | 132 mm | 84% | 70% | 3.7 | 37°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| October | 13°C | 4°C | 105 mm | 84% | 58% | 3 | 34°C | Cool |
| November | 5°C | -3°C | 78 mm | 87% | 59% | 2.1 | 29°C | Cold |
| December | -2°C | -10°C | 71 mm | 91% | 64% | 1.6 | 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
- Asahikawa117 kmGood for going: June to September
- Sapporo152 kmGood for going: June, July and September
- Hakodate239 kmGood for going: June, July and September
- Aomori310 kmGood for going: June, July and September
- Akita439 kmGood for going: May, June and September
- Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk450 kmGood for going: July and August
- Sendai553 kmGood for going: May, June and September
- Niigata658 kmGood for going: June, August and September
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