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CityCompass

Sendai, Japan

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

1.1M people
Miyagi

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

Comfortable months: 2 of 12; Comfort 7 or above
Comfort peak: 7.2; In May
Year range: -4 to 29 °C; Coldest nights to warmest days
Sunshine a year: 1,522 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

Jan2.72 °C

Feb3.43 °C

Mar4.67 °C

Apr6.115 °C

May7.221 °C

Jun7.025 °C

Jul5.628 °C

Aug5.229 °C

Sep6.425 °C

Oct5.619 °C

Nov4.512 °C

Dec2.85 °C

January2 °C / -4 °C2.7

Days 2 °C, nights -4 °C

82 h sunshine · 9.6 h daylight

126 mm rain · 95% humidity

Cold month, average -0.9 C

February3 °C / -4 °C3.4

Days 3 °C, nights -4 °C

102 h sunshine · 10.6 h daylight

80 mm rain · 94% humidity

Cold month, average -0.7 C

March7 °C / -1 °C4.6

Days 7 °C, nights -1 °C

144 h sunshine · 11.7 h daylight

93 mm rain · 88% humidity

Cold month, average 3.1 C

April15 °C / 4 °C6.1

Days 15 °C, nights 4 °C

169 h sunshine · 13.0 h daylight

92 mm rain · 82% humidity

Cool average of 9.3 C

May21 °C / 10 °C7.2

Days 21 °C, nights 10 °C

180 h sunshine · 14.1 h daylight

94 mm rain · 81% humidity

Cool average of 15.3 C

June25 °C / 15 °C7.0

Days 25 °C, nights 15 °C

154 h sunshine · 14.6 h daylight

116 mm rain · 83% humidity

Mild average of 19.9 C

July28 °C / 19 °C5.6

Days 28 °C, nights 19 °C

Feels like 34 °C in the afternoons

113 h sunshine · 14.4 h daylight

204 mm rain · 86% humidity

Mild average of 23.8 C
Very rainy, about 204 mm

August29 °C / 20 °C5.2

Days 29 °C, nights 20 °C

Feels like 37 °C in the afternoons

148 h sunshine · 13.5 h daylight

168 mm rain · 85% humidity

Muggy heat, highs around 29.4 C with 85% humidity

September25 °C / 16 °C6.4

Days 25 °C, nights 16 °C

131 h sunshine · 12.2 h daylight

142 mm rain · 87% humidity

Mild average of 20.7 C

October19 °C / 10 °C5.6

Days 19 °C, nights 10 °C

128 h sunshine · 11.0 h daylight

154 mm rain · 87% humidity

Cool average of 14.2 C

November12 °C / 4 °C4.5

Days 12 °C, nights 4 °C

103 h sunshine · 9.9 h daylight

127 mm rain · 89% humidity

Cool average of 8 C

December5 °C / -1 °C2.8

Days 5 °C, nights -1 °C

69 h sunshine · 9.4 h daylight

150 mm rain · 93% humidity

Cold month, average 2.2 C
Grey, about 69 hours of sunshine

The country behind the city

Living in Sendai 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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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)