Monbetsu weather by month & the best time to visit
🇯🇵 Japan · seaside town · continental climate
The best time to visit Monbetsu is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 68/100), with July and August close behind. Monbetsu averages about 1,598 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 106 mm of rain in September.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,598
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 68/100
- Rain / year
- 968 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.7 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 6 (high)
- Sea at warmest
- 21°C / 70°F
- Population
- 357k
- Elevation
- 18 m
When is the best time to visit Monbetsu?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Monbetsu is September, then July and August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 57 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Monbetsu?
Monbetsu isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,598 hours of sunshine a year. 68 Sunshine Score points separate September (68) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #59 of 79 destinations in Japan for annual sunshine, below the national median of 1,773 hours. The year's 968 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 | -3° / 27°F | -8° / 18°F | 57 mm | 1 | 1° / 34°F |
| February | 0 | -4° / 25°F | -9° / 16°F | 47 mm | 1 | -1° / 30°F |
| March | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -5° / 23°F | 50 mm | 2 | 0° / 32°F |
| April | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 1° / 34°F | 47 mm | 3 | 4° / 39°F |
| May | 31 | 13° / 55°F | 6° / 43°F | 68 mm | 5 | 6° / 43°F |
| June | 55 | 17° / 63°F | 11° / 52°F | 81 mm | 5 | 13° / 55°F |
| July | 67 | 21° / 70°F | 15° / 59°F | 115 mm | 6 | 18° / 64°F |
| August | 62 | 23° / 73°F | 17° / 63°F | 138 mm | 5 | 20° / 68°F |
| September | 68 | 20° / 68°F | 14° / 57°F | 106 mm | 4 | 21° / 70°F |
| October | 29 | 13° / 55°F | 8° / 46°F | 96 mm | 2 | 16° / 61°F |
| November | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 1° / 34°F | 84 mm | 1 | 8° / 46°F |
| December | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -5° / 23°F | 79 mm | 0 | 3° / 37°F |
Sea temperature in Monbetsu by month
The sea off Monbetsu is warmest in September at around 21°C / 70°F, and coolest in February at -1°C / 30°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 1 month a year. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Kitami Japan · 77 km · best in Jul · 1,825 h sun/yr
- Asahikawa Japan · 104 km · best in Jun · 1,633 h sun/yr
- Kushiro Japan · 154 km · best in Jul · 1,827 h sun/yr
- Obihiro Japan · 175 km · best in Jul · 1,878 h sun/yr
- Sapporo Japan · 219 km · best in Jun · 1,696 h sun/yr
- Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Russia · 292 km · best in Jul · 1,599 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Nakashibetsu Japan · 148 km · 1,826 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Wakkanai Japan · 176 km · 1,513 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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