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Okinawa (Naha) in January

Mild and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Okinawa (Naha) is mild: highs near 69°F, lows near 62°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 16 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Okinawa (Naha) is mild: highs near 21°C, lows near 17°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 16 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
69°F21°Caverage
Low
62°F17°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 46% of days
Daylight
10h 42mon average

Is January a good time to visit Okinawa (Naha)?

Yes. January is one of Okinawa (Naha)'s best months (November to February).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 69°F in January, against 69°F to 88°F through the year.Highs near 21°C in January, against 21°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

46% of days in January, against 43% to 60% through the year.

Cloud cover

41% cover in January, against 41% to 79% through the year.

Daylight

10h 42m in January, against 10h 31m to 13h 45m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with January shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. December72°22°low 65°low 18°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. January69°21°low 62°low 17°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. February69°21°low 61°low 16°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Okinawa (Naha) sits, in January

Asia/Tokyo
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
7:18 AMsets 5:58 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
26.2°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Miyakojima287 km south-west

The land around Okinawa (Naha), shaded by its typical high in January, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Japan in January

high · low · wet days
See January on the planning mapThe whole year in Okinawa (Naha)

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Okinawa (Naha). Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.