Weather in Kobe, in 5 minutes to understand

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Today’s topic is ‘Weather in Kobe city’.

In this article, I would like to introduce climate of Kobe simply, with itemized style. You might learn weather in Kobe with 5 minutes of reading.

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Weather Conditions

Kobe is attractive city for tourists. To enjoy mountain, beach, shopping, eating, etc, Please kindly refer to the number of days in Kobe in each weather conditions, in average, based on statistics of past 30 years by JMA, as of 2020.

• Sunny day (sunshine ratio more than 40%)
  • 217.7 days in a year

• Rainy day (Rain more than 1mm)
  • 93.4 days in a year

• Snowing day (Snow/Rain can be duplicated)
  • 28.1 days in a year (Dec-Apr)

• Snowfall Record
  • In a day : 14 cm (1953/2/21)
  • Total: 17 cm (1945/2/25)

• Rainy Season
  • Start : Around 7th. June
  • End : Around 21st. July

• Typhoon (approaching to 300 km)
  • 3.2 times in a year (Jun-Oct)

**JMA = Governmental office, Japan Meteorological Agency

Temperature

In Kobe, winter is warm, however cold strong wind is often coming from mountains. For your easy understanding, I would like to summarize temperature in Kobe city, based on statistics of JMA, as follows.

• High temperature
  • Above 30℃ : 54.9 days in a year (May-Sep)
  • Above 35℃ : 2.8 days in a year (Jul-Sep)

• Low temperature
  • Below 0℃ : 0.6 days in a year (Jan-Feb)

• Record (Day High)
  • + 38.8 ℃ (1994/8/8)
  • – 1.8 ℃ (1936/1/17)

• Record (Day Low)
  • + 29.4 ℃ (2018/8/13)
  • – 7.2 ℃ (1981/2/27)

• Monthly average
  • High : + 9.0 ℃ (Jan) / + 31.8 ℃ (Aug)
  • Low : + 2.7 ℃ (Jan) / + 25.8 ℃ (Aug)
  • Ave : + 5.8 ℃ (Jan) / + 28.3 ℃ (Aug)

Daytime activities

Kobe city is located at lat 34° 41 N at long 135E. To enjoy various activities outside in Kobe, length of daytime is very important factor. For the convenience of visitors, I would like to summarize it as follows:

• Summer Solstice
  • Sunrise : around 04:46
  • Sunset : around 19:16
  • Daytime : around 14h30min

• Winter Solstice
  • Sunrise : around 07:02
  • Sunset : around 16:52
  • Daytime : around 9h50min

• Spring Equinox
  • Sunrise : around 06:03
  • Sunset : around 18:11

• Autumn Equinox
  • Sunrise : around 05:47
  • Sunset : around 17:56

** Data by National Astronomical Observatory of Japan

Biological information

Kobe is a city with rich culture and beautiful scenery in each season. Following biological data is based on observation by JMA. Please refer it as benchmarks to find season in Kobe

• Sakura (Winter >> Spring)
  • Opening
    • Average : 28th. March
    • Earliest : 20th. March (2010)
    • Latest : 10th. April (1984)
  • Full blossom
    • Average : 5th. April
    • Earliest : 28th. March (1990)
    • Latest : 14th. April (1984)

• Cicada shrills (Rainy season >> Summer)
  • First shrills of brown cicada
    • Average : 17th. July
    • Earliest : 5th. July (2008)
    • Latest : 1st. August (1971)

• Japanese silver grass (Summer >> Autumn)
  • Opening
    • Average : 16th. September
    • Earliest : 24th. July (2002)
    • Latest : 15th. October (2010)

• Ginkgo tree (Autumn >> Winter)
  • Fallen leaves
    • Average : 25th. November
    • Earliest : 12th. November (2003)
    • Latest : 10th. December (1977)

Postscript

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Kobe is nice city to live and visit, lot of sunny days, not with severe winter. I hope this article could assist you to learn climate in Kobe, to enjoy staying there.

In the end, thank you very much for your reading and see you again !