Discover the best time of year, based on historical climate, temperature, and precipitation.
The best time to visit Ōita is April, October, November, when the weather, flight prices, and crowds align. — variable climate
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| Score | 42 | 40 | 55 | 79 | 53 | 41 | 27 | 26 | 43 | 80 | 78 | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Climate | Cold | Cold | Cold | Cool & rainy | Rainy | Rainy | Hot & rainy | Hot & rainy | Rainy | Humid | Mild | Cold |
| Temperature | 3–10°C | 3–11°C | 6–15°C | 10–19°C | 14–23°C | 19–25°C | 23–29°C | 24–31°C | 21–27°C | 15–22°C | 10–17°C | 4–12°C |
| Feels like | -1–7°C | 0–8°C | 3–13°C | 9–19°C | 14–24°C | 21–29°C | 27–35°C | 28–36°C | 24–31°C | 15–23°C | 8–16°C | 1–9°C |
| Precipitation | 64mm 6 days | 85mm 9 days | 128mm 11 days | 131mm 11 days | 180mm 11 days | 282mm 17 days | 283mm 18 days | 225mm 16 days | 253mm 15 days | 124mm 9 days | 80mm 8 days | 54mm 6 days |
| Sunshine | 7.3h ☀︎ 71% | 7.7h ☀︎ 70% | 8.1h ☀︎ 68% | 8.3h ☀︎ 64% | 8.1h ☀︎ 58% | 5.7h ☀︎ 40% | 7.5h ☀︎ 53% | 10.4h ☀︎ 78% | 7.7h ☀︎ 63% | 8.0h ☀︎ 71% | 7.7h ☀︎ 74% | 7.5h ☀︎ 75% |
| Wind | NW · 15 km/h | NW · 16 km/h | NW · 15 km/h | N · 14 km/h | E · 13 km/h | E · 12 km/h | SE · 11 km/h | E · 13 km/h | NE · 13 km/h | NW · 13 km/h | NW · 13 km/h | W · 15 km/h |
| Humidity (%) | 69% | 70% | 73% | 74% | 76% | 83% | 85% | 80% | 82% | 77% | 75% | 70% |
| Perfect days | 0% | 1% | 4% | 25% | 57% | 34% | 4% | 2% | 32% | 53% | 11% | 0% |
| Dry streak | 12d | 8d | 7d | 7d | 7d | 5d | 5d | 6d | 6d | 10d | 10d | 12d |
| Sunny streak | 11d | 9d | 10d | 9d | 9d | 7d | 16d | 17d | 13d | 13d | 11d | 10d |
| Extreme heat | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1% | 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Extreme cold | 10% | 9% | 1% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4% |
| Temperature | +0.8° | +0.5° | +1.2° | -0.7° | -0.8° | -0.6° | -0.5° | +0.9° | +0.5° | -0.3° | +1.4° | +0.5° |
| Rainfall | Stable | Getting wetter | Getting wetter | Getting wetter | Much wetter | Getting wetter | Getting wetter | Getting wetter | Stable | Stable | Stable | Stable |
| Ideal warm days | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 11% | 21% | 25% | 27% | 29% | 5% | 0% | 0% |
| Outdoor comfort | 0% | 1% | 8% | 35% | 52% | 14% | 1% | 1% | 18% | 54% | 18% | 0% |
| Dry week odds | 27% | 10% | 5% | 5% | 7% | 2% | 3% | 6% | 7% | 18% | 19% | 28% |
| Heavy rain | 3% | 4% | 4% | 8% | 8% | 17% | 10% | 9% | 10% | 6% | 4% | 2% |
| Snow days | 6% | 8% | 2% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4% |
| Muggy days | — | — | — | — | 2% | 38% | 96% | 97% | 58% | 7% | — | — |
| Oppressive days | — | — | — | — | — | 1% | 32% | 42% | 5% | — | — | — |
| Day length | 10.2h | 11.0h | 12.0h | 13.0h | 13.9h | 14.3h | 14.1h | 13.4h | 12.4h | 11.4h | 10.5h | 10.0h |
| Tourist Crowds | Shoulder season | Shoulder season | High season | Shoulder season | High season | Low season | Shoulder season | High season | Shoulder season | Shoulder season | High season | High season |
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