Oita weather by month & the best time to visit
🇯🇵 Japan · coastal city break · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Oita is October — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 65/100), with May and June close behind. Oita averages about 1,801 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 22°C / 72°F and roughly 129 mm of rain in October.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,801
- Sunniest month
- October
- Peak score
- 65/100
- Rain / year
- 1,780 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 8 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 30°C / 86°F
- Population
- 478k
- Elevation
- Sea level
When is the best time to visit Oita?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Oita is October, then May and June. The dullest month is January (13/100, 60 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Oita?
Oita gets a moderate 1,801 hours of sunshine a year. 52 Sunshine Score points separate October (65) from January (13), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #37 of 79 destinations in Japan for annual sunshine, above the national median of 1,773 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around July, carries about 42% of the annual 1,780 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 7° / 45°F | 60 mm | 2 | 14° / 57°F |
| February | 19 | 11° / 52°F | 7° / 45°F | 82 mm | 3 | 13° / 55°F |
| March | 35 | 14° / 57°F | 9° / 48°F | 109 mm | 4 | 13° / 55°F |
| April | 54 | 18° / 64°F | 13° / 55°F | 130 mm | 5 | 15° / 59°F |
| May | 62 | 21° / 70°F | 16° / 61°F | 157 mm | 6 | 18° / 64°F |
| June | 62 | 24° / 75°F | 20° / 68°F | 292 mm | 6 | 22° / 72°F |
| July | 62 | 28° / 82°F | 24° / 75°F | 293 mm | 7 | 27° / 81°F |
| August | 62 | 29° / 84°F | 26° / 79°F | 169 mm | 8 | 30° / 86°F |
| September | 62 | 27° / 81°F | 23° / 73°F | 208 mm | 6 | 28° / 82°F |
| October | 65 | 22° / 72°F | 19° / 66°F | 129 mm | 5 | 24° / 75°F |
| November | 62 | 18° / 64°F | 14° / 57°F | 80 mm | 3 | 22° / 72°F |
| December | 32 | 13° / 55°F | 9° / 48°F | 71 mm | 2 | 18° / 64°F |
Sea temperature in Oita by month
The sea off Oita is warmest in August at around 30°C / 86°F, and coolest in February at 13°C / 55°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 6 months 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
- Ube Japan · 66 km · best in Oct · 1,801 h sun/yr
- Kitakyushu Japan · 77 km · best in Oct · 1,801 h sun/yr
- Iwakuni Japan · 88 km · best in Oct · 1,773 h sun/yr
- Matsuyama Japan · 97 km · best in Oct · 1,883 h sun/yr
- Kumamoto Japan · 109 km · best in Oct · 1,845 h sun/yr
- Fukuoka Japan · 120 km · best in Oct · 1,752 h sun/yr
Head-to-head
How Oita compares month by month: Oita vs Kitakyushu · Oita vs Ube · Oita vs Iwakuni · all comparisons
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