Ōdate weather by month & the best time to visit
🇯🇵 Japan · small town · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Ōdate is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 67/100), with May and September close behind. Ōdate averages about 1,428 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 24°C / 75°F and roughly 105 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,428
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 67/100
- Rain / year
- 1,466 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈4.2 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 6 (high)
- Population
- 69k
- Elevation
- 83 m
When is the best time to visit Ōdate?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Ōdate is June, then May and September. The dullest month is January (0/100, 96 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Ōdate?
Ōdate isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,428 hours of sunshine a year. 67 Sunshine Score points separate June (67) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #76 of 79 destinations in Japan for annual sunshine, below the national median of 1,773 hours. The year's 1,466 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -5° / 23°F | 96 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -6° / 21°F | 74 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -2° / 28°F | 91 mm | 2 |
| April | 29 | 13° / 55°F | 3° / 37°F | 96 mm | 4 |
| May | 63 | 19° / 66°F | 9° / 48°F | 100 mm | 5 |
| June | 67 | 24° / 75°F | 14° / 57°F | 105 mm | 5 |
| July | 59 | 27° / 81°F | 18° / 64°F | 183 mm | 6 |
| August | 59 | 28° / 82°F | 19° / 66°F | 175 mm | 6 |
| September | 60 | 24° / 75°F | 15° / 59°F | 146 mm | 5 |
| October | 46 | 17° / 63°F | 8° / 46°F | 138 mm | 3 |
| November | 10 | 10° / 50°F | 3° / 37°F | 133 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -2° / 28°F | 129 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Akita Japan · 65 km · best in Jun · 1,394 h sun/yr
- Aomori Japan · 66 km · best in Jun · 1,430 h sun/yr
- Misawa Japan · 102 km · best in Jun · 1,528 h sun/yr
- Hanamaki Japan · 107 km · best in May · 1,695 h sun/yr
- Shonai Japan · 161 km · best in Jun · 1,396 h sun/yr
- Hakodate Japan · 180 km · best in Jun · 1,408 h sun/yr
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