Niigata climate

Name: Niigata
Address: Sea of Japan coast, Japan

Japan · Sea of Japan coast · 37.903° N, 139.024° E

Köppen Cfahumid subtropicalTemperate

Snow-country coast: one of the snowiest lowland cities thanks to winter monsoon.

Mild winters and warm summers, the classic middle-latitude climate.

What the year looks like

Average monthly temperature — °F / °C

Average high Average low

Average monthly precipitation — in / mm

Rain Snowfall

Warmest month

August, 87°F / 30°C

Coldest month

January, 34°F / 1°C

Annual swing

52°F / 29°C

Wettest month

December

Driest month

March

Rain per year

71.5" / 1816 mm

Snow per year

56.9" / 1445 mm

Elevation

16 ft / 5 m

Time zone

Asia/Tokyo

2019-2023 averages from Open-Meteo Historical Weather API (ERA5 reanalysis). Imperial / metric.
Month	High °F/°C	Low °F/°C	Rain in/mm	Snow in/mm	Humidity	Wind mph/km/h	Cloud
January	42 / 5	34 / 1	3.93 / 100	23.8 / 605	72%	13.1 / 21.1	79%
February	44 / 7	34 / 1	2.96 / 75	13.7 / 348	69%	12.4 / 20.0	74%
March	52 / 11	39 / 4	4.15 / 105	1.3 / 33	69%	9.7 / 15.6	65%
April	58 / 14	44 / 7	4.64 / 118	0.5 / 11	70%	9.6 / 15.4	59%
May	68 / 20	55 / 13	4.71 / 120	0.0 / 0	75%	8.0 / 12.9	59%
June	75 / 24	64 / 18	6.54 / 166	0.0 / 0	81%	7.5 / 12.1	68%
July	82 / 28	73 / 23	9.86 / 250	0.0 / 0	83%	6.8 / 10.9	65%
August	87 / 30	76 / 25	8.00 / 203	0.0 / 0	78%	7.5 / 12.1	60%
September	80 / 27	70 / 21	5.85 / 149	0.0 / 0	75%	8.2 / 13.2	67%
October	68 / 20	57 / 14	6.49 / 165	0.0 / 0	73%	8.8 / 14.2	67%
November	59 / 15	48 / 9	6.31 / 160	0.6 / 15	70%	10.7 / 17.2	66%
December	48 / 9	39 / 4	8.05 / 204	17.0 / 432	73%	12.6 / 20.3	79%

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