Average Temperatures for Japan in January

Average temperatures for January at cities and towns throughout Japan are listed below in degrees Celsius and Fahrenheit.

You can jump to a separate table for each section of the country: Hokkaidō, Tōhoku, Kantō, Chūbu, Kansai, Chūgoku Shikoku, Kyūshū and Okinawa.

The tables give the month's long-term historical averages for maximum and minimum temperatures based on weather data collected from 1981 to 2010.

Hokkaidō

Average January temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
28 15 Abashiri -2 -9
26 10 Asahikawa -4 -12
33 21 Hakodate 1 -6
29 7 Obihiro -2 -14
31 19 Sapporo -1 -7
32 17 Tomakomai 0 -8
27 20 Wakkanai -3 -7

Tōhoku

Average daily temperatures in January
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
35 25 Aomori 2 -4
42 29 Fukushima 6 -2
47 31 Iwaki 8 -1
35 22 Morioka 2 -6
42 29 Sendai 5 -2

Kantō

January temperatures: daily averages
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
50 35 Chiba 10 2
55 46 Hachijo-jima Island 13 8
48 31 Maebashi 9 -1
31 17 Nikko 0 -8
50 37 Tokyo 10 3
47 27 Utsunomiya 8 -3
50 36 Yokohama 10 2

Chūbu

Average January temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
44 34 Aikawa, Sado Island 6 1
48 33 Gifu 9 1
50 37 Hamamatsu 10 3
44 34 Kanazawa 7 1
38 25 Nagano 4 -4
48 33 Nagoya 9 1
42 32 Niigata 6 0
53 35 Shizuoka 12 2

Kansai

Average January temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
49 32 Himeji 9 0
48 37 Kobe 9 3
48 34 Kyoto 9 1
48 32 Nara 9 0
49 37 Osaka 10 3
49 35 Tsu 9 2
49 37 Wakayama 10 3

Chūgoku

Temperature averages for January
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
49 32 Fukuyama 9 0
49 35 Hiroshima 10 2
49 37 Kure 9 3
46 34 Matsue 8 1
48 34 Okayama 9 1
46 33 Tottori 8 1
49 32 Yamaguchi 9 0

Shikoku

Normal January temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
53 35 Kochi 12 2
50 36 Matsuyama 10 2
49 35 Takamatsu 9 2
50 37 Tokushima 10 3

Kyūshū

January temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
50 38 Fukuoka 10 4
55 40 Kagoshima 13 5
51 34 Kumamoto 11 1
55 37 Miyazaki 13 3
51 39 Nagasaki 10 4
51 36 Oita 11 2
65 57 Wadomari, Okinoerabu Island 19 14
58 48 Yakushima Island Airport 14 9

Okinawa

Average January temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
69 61 Iriomote Island 20 16
70 62 Ishigaki Island 21 17
67 57 Kume 19 14
69 61 Miyakojima 20 16
67 56 Nago 19 14
67 58 Naha 20 15
69 62 Yonaguni Island 21 16
Reference

Japan Meteorological Agency. Historical weather data retrieval.

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