Hiroshima Airport

RJOA · Hiroshima, Japan

Climate Hiroshima Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Hiroshima Airport (RJOA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 81.9 80 76 89 88 84
February 80.7 64 79 84 93 88
March 79.3 60 87 77 88 86
April 83.1 79 74 86 90
May 81.3 78 82 71 79
June 74.9 66 72 80 69
July 67.8 65 76 73 58
August 81.9 77 86 75 93
September 78.6 81 80 81 84
October 86.6 95 94 89 89
November 88.6 84 80 97 90
December 87.6 84 96 95 92
Average 79.4 67.2 78.6 81.4 83.8 82.7

37th 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 92.4 96 88 93 94 94
February 90.2 83 89 87 98 91
March 89.8 76 93 86 95 93
April 89.1 89 80 91 98
May 88.3 90 84 81 87
June 86.2 84 80 89 82
July 84.2 79 87 91 72
August 93.9 93 99 83 98
September 90.9 100 90 91 96
October 93.9 100 97 97 96
November 94.2 93 84 98 95
December 95.3 96 99 100 97
Average 89.9 84.0 90.6 88.2 91.8 91.0

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 7.3 8 8 7 7 9
February 8.4 10 9 6 10 9
March 12.8 11 15 14 14 13
April 17.4 18 19 18 16
May 21.7 22 22 21 22
June 24.6 24 25 25 25
July 28.1 29 29 28 25
August 29.9 31 30 28 32
September 25.9 28 27 25 26
October 20.4 21 21 22 20
November 15.3 16 17 15 16
December 8.9 10 8 9 9
Average 17.4 9.5 19.2 19.0 18.4 18.5

54th 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 0.8 1 1 0 0 3
February 1.4 3 2 -1 3 2
March 5.2 4 7 5 6 6
April 10.3 10 11 10 8
May 15.4 15 15 15 16
June 19.1 19 20 19 20
July 23.1 23 23 23 21
August 24.1 25 24 23 25
September 20.4 22 21 20 20
October 14.0 14 14 15 14
November 8.4 9 10 8 9
December 2.8 4 2 3 3
Average 11.0 2.7 12.6 12.3 12.2 12.3

27th 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 19.2 19 22 22 22 9
February 18.5 25 21 29 12 14
March 16.5 32 11 20 11 13
April 15.0 19 23 13 9
May 14.8 19 16 20 16
June 17.6 21 22 14 22
July 18.6 23 15 14 37
August 10.0 13 5 23 1
September 13.8 8 16 11 10
October 10.2 4 7 5 7
November 7.3 9 12 6 7
December 14.9 14 19 9 13
Average 15.9 25.9 15.3 17.0 13.6 13.5

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 7.3 7 7 7 8 7
February 7.1 6 7 8 8 7
March 6.8 8 6 6 6 7
April 6.5 7 6 6 8
May 5.2 5 5 6 5
June 4.8 5 5 4 5
July 4.6 4 5 5 4
August 5.4 6 5 5 5
September 5.8 5 7 5 7
October 6.2 7 6 6 6
November 5.9 7 5 6 5
December 7.0 7 8 8 7
Average 6.1 7.2 5.9 5.8 6.0 6.0

54th 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 296° 290° 301° 289° 308°
February 035° 337° 287° 271° 294°
March 302° 169° 255° 051° 292°
April 224° 142° 160° 278°
May 142° 158° 208° 176°
June 174° 170° 137° 168°
July 198° 172° 157° 185°
August 113° 206° 178° 188°
September 139° 084° 112° 105°
October 314° 041° 053° 052°
November 280° 310° 283° 286°
December 282° 296° 283° 291°

Prevailing wind direction

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