Climate Kitakyushu Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kitakyushu Airport (RJFR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	86.9	83	80	96	84	93
February	86.6	71	86	92	93	90
March	84.7	75	83	87	88	90
April	87.1		85	80	93	96
May	86.2		86	88	82	83
June	85.0		82	83	88	85
July	85.7		78	89	95	82
August	92.8		91	99	82	91
September	86.8		91	87	88	89
October	92.8		97	97	93	97
November	96.1		94	96	99	95
December	92.3		84	100	98	96
Average	87.2	76.4	86.2	90.4	89.8	90.3

12th 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	96.0	95	94	97	95	99
February	95.7	90	97	98	99	97
March	95.5	87	97	95	98	97
April	95.0		92	93	99	100
May	94.7		96	95	94	92
June	95.0		95	90	97	96
July	95.4		92	96	99	94
August	97.8		99	100	92	99
September	97.8		98	98	99	99
October	99.2		100	99	99	100
November	99.5		99	99	100	100
December	97.9		94	100	100	99
Average	95.9	90.2	95.8	96.2	97.3	97.4

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	9.3	10	10	9	8	11
February	10.1	11	10	8	12	11
March	13.7	13	15	14	15	14
April	17.7		18	18	18	17
May	21.9		22	22	22	22
June	25.3		25	26	26	26
July	29.1		29	30	30	27
August	30.7		31	32	29	32
September	27.2		29	28	27	27
October	22.4		23	22	24	22
November	17.2		17	19	17	18
December	11.2		12	11	12	11
Average	18.7	11.3	20.0	20.1	19.9	19.7

42nd 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	4.8	5	5	4	4	7
February	5.1	7	5	3	7	6
March	8.3	8	9	9	9	9
April	12.1		13	12	13	11
May	16.7		17	17	17	17
June	20.7		21	21	21	21
July	24.9		25	26	25	23
August	26.2		27	27	25	26
September	23.0		25	24	23	22
October	17.3		17	17	18	17
November	12.0		12	13	12	13
December	6.8		7	7	7	6
Average	13.9	6.7	15.3	15.2	15.0	14.9

53rd 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	18.7	23	21	9	23	15
February	15.5	19	12	15	14	13
March	14.1	22	12	11	11	15
April	13.9		20	13	9	10
May	13.6		18	10	17	15
June	14.4		19	15	12	16
July	15.9		15	7	10	34
August	10.2		7	5	26	5
September	14.5		13	14	15	14
October	8.9		5	7	5	4
November	7.1		10	6	12	6
December	14.7		20	14	13	10
Average	14.3	21.6	14.4	10.3	13.9	13.4

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	9.5	9	11	9	10	9
February	9.3	8	8	12	11	9
March	8.6	10	7	9	9	8
April	8.8		10	8	11	10
May	8.2		9	8	9	8
June	8.0		8	10	9	8
July	7.9		8	9	9	7
August	8.8		12	8	9	7
September	8.8		8	10	10	9
October	8.3		8	8	8	8
November	7.6		9	7	9	7
December	9.5		11	10	11	9
Average	8.7	9.1	9.1	8.9	9.3	8.2

42nd 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	306°	301°	313°	299°	296°
February	009°	008°	298°	288°	308°
March	340°	042°	337°	026°	322°
April		039°	018°	035°	309°
May		057°	031°	313°	010°
June		094°	097°	084°	018°
July		108°	080°	108°	121°
August		092°	155°	097°	078°
September		046°	053°	079°	015°
October		352°	025°	047°	356°
November		294°	353°	289°	303°
December		288°	303°	291°	299°

Prevailing wind direction

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