Kushiro weather by month & the best time to visit
🇯🇵 Japan · seaside town · continental climate
The best time to visit Kushiro is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 67/100), with August and September close behind. Kushiro averages about 1,827 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 122 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,827
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 67/100
- Rain / year
- 1,049 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.6 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 18°C / 64°F
- Population
- 199k
- Elevation
- 94 m
When is the best time to visit Kushiro?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Kushiro is July, then August and September. The dullest month is January (0/100, 40 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Kushiro?
Kushiro gets a moderate 1,827 hours of sunshine a year. 67 Sunshine Score points separate July (67) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #27 of 79 destinations in Japan for annual sunshine, above the national median of 1,773 hours. The year's 1,049 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -9° / 16°F | 40 mm | 1 | 2° / 36°F |
| February | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -9° / 16°F | 32 mm | 2 | 1° / 34°F |
| March | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -5° / 23°F | 57 mm | 2 | 0° / 32°F |
| April | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 0° / 32°F | 71 mm | 4 | 4° / 39°F |
| May | 24 | 12° / 54°F | 4° / 39°F | 100 mm | 5 | 7° / 45°F |
| June | 46 | 16° / 61°F | 9° / 48°F | 111 mm | 5 | 10° / 50°F |
| July | 67 | 20° / 68°F | 14° / 57°F | 122 mm | 5 | 14° / 57°F |
| August | 64 | 22° / 72°F | 16° / 61°F | 140 mm | 5 | 18° / 64°F |
| September | 60 | 19° / 66°F | 13° / 55°F | 130 mm | 4 | 18° / 64°F |
| October | 34 | 14° / 57°F | 7° / 45°F | 113 mm | 3 | 17° / 63°F |
| November | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 1° / 34°F | 71 mm | 1 | 14° / 57°F |
| December | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -5° / 23°F | 62 mm | 1 | 8° / 46°F |
Sea temperature in Kushiro by month
The sea off Kushiro is warmest in August at around 18°C / 64°F, and coolest in March at 0°C / 32°F. It never reaches comfortable swimming temperatures (21°C+). Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Obihiro Japan · 87 km · best in Jul · 1,878 h sun/yr
- Kitami Japan · 93 km · best in Jul · 1,825 h sun/yr
- Asahikawa Japan · 158 km · best in Jun · 1,633 h sun/yr
- Sapporo Japan · 206 km · best in Jun · 1,696 h sun/yr
- Hakodate Japan · 311 km · best in Jun · 1,408 h sun/yr
- Misawa Japan · 350 km · best in Jun · 1,528 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Nakashibetsu Japan · 86 km · 1,826 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Monbetsu Japan · 154 km · 1,598 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Yuzhno-Kurilsk Russia · 158 km · 1,695 h sun/yr · best in Aug
Head-to-head
How Kushiro compares month by month: Kushiro vs Asahikawa · Kushiro vs Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk · Kushiro vs Obihiro · Kushiro vs Kitami · all comparisons
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