Kochi Ryoma Airport

RJOK · Kochi, Japan

Climate Kochi Ryoma Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kochi Ryoma Airport (RJOK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 96.8 98 97 98 96 95
February 93.0 79 93 97 100 94
March 92.4 87 93 92 93 93
April 87.3 72 84 89 87 99
May 87.4 85 87 83 83
June 83.0 77 87 92 77
July 81.5 80 81 88 66
August 88.7 77 98 78 92
September 92.3 95 90 95 91
October 96.3 99 99 99 96
November 96.4 97 90 98 95
December 98.1 97 100 99 99
Average 90.1 83.7 88.7 91.5 91.6 89.3

9th 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 99.1 99 99 100 98 100
February 98.0 91 100 100 100 97
March 96.8 95 97 97 96 97
April 93.4 86 93 93 94 99
May 94.1 90 95 91 96
June 92.9 89 95 99 89
July 93.4 92 94 94 86
August 97.3 94 99 94 99
September 97.8 98 98 100 98
October 99.2 100 100 100 99
November 98.8 100 94 99 100
December 99.5 99 100 100 100
Average 96.2 92.9 95.3 96.8 96.8 96.3

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 12.1 13 12 11 12 14
February 12.7 14 12 11 14 13
March 16.3 16 18 17 18 16
April 19.7 21 20 20 19 18
May 22.8 23 23 22 23
June 25.7 25 26 25 26
July 28.8 29 30 29 27
August 30.6 31 32 29 32
September 28.5 30 30 28 28
October 24.0 24 24 25 24
November 19.2 19 21 19 20
December 13.7 15 13 14 14
Average 20.6 16.0 21.4 21.6 21.2 21.2

21st 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 2.8 3 2 2 3 5
February 4.3 7 5 2 5 5
March 8.6 7 10 9 11 9
April 13.3 15 12 14 13 12
May 17.5 16 16 18 19
June 21.2 20 21 21 22
July 24.9 24 25 25 24
August 25.9 25 26 25 27
September 22.7 23 23 23 23
October 16.6 15 17 17 16
November 10.5 9 12 10 12
December 4.8 5 5 4 4
Average 13.7 7.9 13.8 14.5 14.6 14.8

43rd 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 8.0 5 8 6 7 13
February 12.6 23 12 11 6 14
March 14.2 19 13 12 12 15
April 16.1 23 22 13 18 6
May 16.4 17 18 25 11
June 18.6 24 18 16 20
July 17.6 12 20 12 26
August 11.4 19 0 26 2
September 13.7 9 13 11 14
October 12.4 6 4 7 16
November 8.6 8 16 4 7
December 6.8 10 8 1 3
Average 13.6 17.4 13.6 12.0 12.5 12.5

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 8.4 9 8 9 8 8
February 8.6 9 9 10 8 8
March 8.3 10 7 8 9 8
April 7.8 7 9 7 8 9
May 6.5 7 6 6 7
June 6.2 6 6 6 7
July 6.0 6 6 6 6
August 7.1 9 7 7 7
September 7.1 7 9 6 7
October 8.0 8 8 8 8
November 7.2 8 7 7 7
December 8.0 7 9 8 9
Average 7.5 8.7 7.3 7.5 7.2 7.5

21st 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 340° 320° 347° 331° 331°
February 344° 343° 331° 289° 337°
March 336° 197° 246° 356° 326°
April 185° 185° 185° 134° 293°
May 171° 178° 185° 165°
June 165° 169° 166° 171°
July 171° 172° 171° 160°
August 153° 183° 180° 171°
September 182° 175° 169° 175°
October 338° 333° 334° 346°
November 316° 339° 311° 348°
December 311° 343° 319° 337°

Prevailing wind direction

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