Nikkō Weather in August
Nikkō in August
The short of it: Nikkō in August averages a high of 26 °C (79 °F) and a low of 18 °C (64 °F), with 226 mm (8.9 in) of rain and about 13 h 33 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 26° · low 18° · rain 226 mm · daylight 13 h 33 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: September & July
Thirty years of records give Nikkō an average August high of 26°, a low of 18° and some 226 mm of rain. No month in Nikkō runs warmer: highs about 26°. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 226 mm.
The sun is up for about 13 h 33 min in mid-August, 53 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and July.
Against its neighbours, Nikkō runs cooler than most and wetter than most in August. Imaichi, 7 km to the ESE, is 2° warmer by day.
August in Nikkō, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° warmer, 7.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 33 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ImaichiTochigi | 7 km ESE | 28° | 20° | 168 mm |
| KanumaTochigi | 25 km SSE | 30° | 21° | 136 mm |
| UtsunomiyaTochigi | 31 km SE | 30° | 22° | 135 mm |
| SakuraTochigi | 33 km E | 29° | 21° | 126 mm |
| ŌtawaraTochigi | 39 km ENE | 30° | 21° | 132 mm |
| MibuTochigi | 41 km SSE | 30° | 22° | 127 mm |
| TochigiTochigi | 42 km SSE | 31° | 22° | 130 mm |
| ShimotsukeTochigi | 44 km SSE | 30° | 22° | 129 mm |