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CityCompass

Ōtsu, Japan

Name: Ōtsu monthly climate normals
Creator: NASA POWER
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

345k people
Shiga

Best time to be here: April to June. Every month below carries its climate normals and a comfort score you can tune to your own tolerances.

Comfortable months: 1 of 12; Comfort 7 or above
Comfort peak: 7.0; In May
Year range: 0 to 30 °C; Coldest nights to warmest days
Sunshine a year: 1,536 h; Low sunshine

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Climate and comfort, month by month

Your comfort zoneColdest night°CHottest afternoon feel°C

ComfortableMixedHarshAverage temperature, day-to-night range shaded

Jan3.86 °C

Feb4.28 °C

Mar5.212 °C

Apr6.318 °C

May7.023 °C

Jun6.226 °C

Jul4.529 °C

Aug5.330 °C

Sep6.027 °C

Oct6.121 °C

Nov5.515 °C

Dec4.19 °C

January6 °C / 0 °C3.8

Days 6 °C, nights 0 °C

69 h sunshine · 9.9 h daylight

97 mm rain · 85% humidity

Cold month, average 3 C
Grey, about 69 hours of sunshine

February8 °C / 0 °C4.2

Days 8 °C, nights 0 °C

79 h sunshine · 10.7 h daylight

92 mm rain · 83% humidity

Cold month, average 4 C

March12 °C / 2 °C5.2

Days 12 °C, nights 2 °C

136 h sunshine · 11.7 h daylight

114 mm rain · 81% humidity

Cold month, average 7 C

April18 °C / 7 °C6.3

Days 18 °C, nights 7 °C

163 h sunshine · 12.9 h daylight

119 mm rain · 79% humidity

Cool average of 12.3 C

May23 °C / 12 °C7.0

Days 23 °C, nights 12 °C

179 h sunshine · 13.8 h daylight

140 mm rain · 80% humidity

Cool average of 17.4 C

June26 °C / 17 °C6.2

Days 26 °C, nights 17 °C

140 h sunshine · 14.3 h daylight

178 mm rain · 84% humidity

Mild average of 21.6 C

July29 °C / 22 °C4.5

Days 29 °C, nights 22 °C

Feels like 37 °C in the afternoons

142 h sunshine · 14.1 h daylight

210 mm rain · 86% humidity

Muggy heat, highs around 29.2 C with 86% humidity
Very rainy, about 210 mm

August30 °C / 23 °C5.3

Days 30 °C, nights 23 °C

Feels like 40 °C in the afternoons

188 h sunshine · 13.3 h daylight

149 mm rain · 84% humidity

Muggy heat, highs around 30.2 C with 84% humidity

September27 °C / 19 °C6.0

Days 27 °C, nights 19 °C

Feels like 29 °C in the afternoons

138 h sunshine · 12.2 h daylight

192 mm rain · 85% humidity

Mild average of 22.7 C
Very rainy, about 192 mm

October21 °C / 13 °C6.1

Days 21 °C, nights 13 °C

133 h sunshine · 11.1 h daylight

161 mm rain · 84% humidity

Cool average of 16.8 C

November15 °C / 7 °C5.5

Days 15 °C, nights 7 °C

102 h sunshine · 10.1 h daylight

96 mm rain · 84% humidity

Cool average of 11 C

December9 °C / 2 °C4.1

Days 9 °C, nights 2 °C

68 h sunshine · 9.7 h daylight

109 mm rain · 85% humidity

Cold month, average 5.5 C
Grey, about 68 hours of sunshine

The country behind the city

Living in Ōtsu means living under Japan's tax and legal system. The essentials, from our country research:

Personal tax basisWorldwideResident income taxed wherever it arises

Nomad visaYes, up to 6 months

Cost floor, single$2,136/mo

LanguagesJapanese

Safety8.85 / 10

Healthcare8.51 / 10

Internet8.36 / 10

Banking ease8.42 / 10

ClimateShield 20505.68 / 10

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It runs regimes like Non-Permanent Resident (NPR) Regime, and whether they fit depends on your income, assets and citizenship, not on averages.

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How the comfort score works (v1)

Each month scores 0 to 10 from four weighted components: temperature (35%), sunshine (25%), humidity (20%) and rain (20%), with an extra penalty when heat and humidity combine. Personal tolerances reshape the score: your heat limit compares to how afternoons feel (heat index), your cold limit to typical nights. Data: NASA POWER climatology 2001-2020 with elevation corrections, daylight computed from latitude.

City data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) · Climate normals: NASA POWER (2001-2020) · Live weather: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)