Narita International Airport

RJAA · Chiba, Japan

Climate Narita International Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Narita International Airport (RJAA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 89.7 93 88 90 81 82
February 87.3 77 88 91 96 90
March 79.8 78 75 82 84 73
April 81.7 83 67 92 79
May 77.8 77 71 77 70
June 70.5 68 65 86 62
July 70.6 89 71 65 50
August 75.7 79 70 75 88
September 71.2 75 65 68 65
October 75.6 89 76 73 74
November 85.3 84 85 93 90
December 86.6 86 76 94 86
Average 79.4 82.1 81.5 75.0 81.4 75.2

56th best VFR conditions of Japan

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 94.3 96 92 93 93 90
February 92.3 84 93 97 97 95
March 89.9 86 87 91 95 85
April 91.3 93 81 96 89
May 89.5 90 84 91 86
June 87.7 90 89 94 80
July 87.3 97 90 80 85
August 91.7 98 87 88 98
September 88.5 88 90 83 88
October 84.8 92 89 88 82
November 92.1 93 90 96 95
December 93.6 91 93 96 92
Average 90.0 88.1 92.1 89.0 91.2 88.4

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.6 11 9 8 9 10
February 10.9 11 11 9 13 12
March 14.8 14 17 15 17 15
April 18.6 20 19 19 17
May 22.9 23 22 23 23
June 25.4 27 26 25 26
July 29.3 32 31 28 27
August 30.9 33 30 30 32
September 27.0 30 27 25 27
October 21.3 22 21 21 20
November 17.5 19 18 18 18
December 11.8 14 12 12 11
Average 19.1 12.1 21.4 20.1 20.0 19.8

45th highest temperature of Japan

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -1.3 1 -1 -2 -1 2
February 0.9 3 2 -2 1 2
March 5.2 4 8 5 7 6
April 9.5 11 10 9 8
May 14.3 14 14 15 15
June 18.4 19 19 18 20
July 22.5 23 23 22 21
August 23.6 25 24 24 23
September 20.5 23 21 19 21
October 13.9 13 13 14 13
November 8.1 8 9 8 9
December 1.9 3 2 1 1
Average 10.4 2.3 12.3 11.7 11.4 11.7

24th lowest temperature of Japan

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.8 7 13 7 14 21
February 13.2 29 12 13 6 8
March 20.2 24 25 12 17 26
April 17.4 18 31 15 17
May 17.5 18 25 24 18
June 19.6 19 20 18 22
July 22.2 6 30 27 39
August 17.6 22 23 28 4
September 23.8 24 24 32 29
October 22.8 11 28 21 32
November 12.1 14 15 8 8
December 10.8 8 18 9 13
Average 17.7 20.6 16.0 21.1 18.7 19.9

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.0 9 7 8 9 7
February 8.6 9 9 9 9 8
March 9.2 11 9 9 9 10
April 9.8 10 9 10 10
May 8.9 9 9 9 9
June 8.6 8 9 9 8
July 8.5 9 8 8 9
August 8.7 9 9 9 8
September 8.8 8 10 9 9
October 8.9 8 9 9 8
November 7.1 8 7 7 7
December 7.0 6 8 8 7
Average 8.6 9.5 8.4 8.7 8.7 8.5

45th highest wind speed of Japan

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 322° 315° 320° 328° 334°
February 348° 321° 326° 278° 319°
March 316° 084° 057° 104° 337°
April 164° 058° 112° 057°
May 118° 120° 161° 143°
June 141° 102° 120° 121°
July 161° 149° 099° 193°
August 141° 150° 149° 120°
September 121° 051° 048° 051°
October 354° 010° 016° 022°
November 278° 008° 343° 001°
December 303° 334° 321° 340°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.