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Bottom line

Melbourne and Kyoto have nearly identical year-round temperatures; Kyoto is the wetter, with 37 in more rain a year, and Melbourne the sunnier.

Year-round temp About the same within 2°F on the year

Wetter Kyoto 37 in more a year

Sunnier Melbourne 15 pp less cloud

Colder winters Kyoto 11°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Melbourne and Kyoto, in everyday terms.

Summers

Kyoto has much hotter summers

Melbourne: Warm
Kyoto: Hot

Winters

Melbourne has much milder winters

Melbourne: Cool
Kyoto: Chilly

Rain & snow

Kyoto is much wetter

Melbourne: Moderate rainfall
Kyoto: Wet

Sky

Melbourne is sunnier

Melbourne: Partly cloudy
Kyoto: Often grey

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Melbourne and Kyoto run remarkably close all year.

Precipitation

Kyoto is the wetter — about 37 in more across the year.

Clear skies

Melbourne has the clearer skies — the higher line.

Exact monthly numbers

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Avg high (°F) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Melbourne	80	80	76	70	64	59	58	61	65	69	73	77
Kyoto	48	50	57	68	77	83	90	93	85	74	63	53
Difference	-32	-30	-19	-2	+14	+23	+31	+32	+20	+5	-10	-24

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Melbourne	80	80	76	70	64	59
Kyoto	48	50	57	68	77	83
Difference	-32	-30	-19	-2	+14	+23

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Melbourne	58	61	65	69	73	77
Kyoto	90	93	85	74	63	53
Difference	+31	+32	+20	+5	-10	-24

Avg low (°F) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Melbourne	61	61	58	53	50	47	45	46	49	52	55	58
Kyoto	35	35	40	49	58	67	74	76	69	58	47	38
Difference	-26	-27	-19	-5	+8	+20	+29	+30	+20	+6	-8	-20

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Melbourne	61	61	58	53	50	47
Kyoto	35	35	40	49	58	67
Difference	-26	-27	-19	-5	+8	+20

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Melbourne	45	46	49	52	55	58
Kyoto	74	76	69	58	47	38
Difference	+29	+30	+20	+6	-8	-20

Precipitation (in) Kyoto runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Melbourne	1.8	1.8	1.5	2	1.6	1.8	1.4	1.8	2.1	2.2	2.4	2.2
Kyoto	2.1	2.6	4.2	4.6	6	7.9	8.8	6.1	7	5.6	2.9	2.3
Difference	+0.3	+0.8	+2.7	+2.6	+4.3	+6.1	+7.4	+4.3	+4.9	+3.4	+0.5	—

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Melbourne	1.8	1.8	1.5	2	1.6	1.8
Kyoto	2.1	2.6	4.2	4.6	6	7.9
Difference	+0.3	+0.8	+2.7	+2.6	+4.3	+6.1

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Melbourne	1.4	1.8	2.1	2.2	2.4	2.2
Kyoto	8.8	6.1	7	5.6	2.9	2.3
Difference	+7.4	+4.3	+4.9	+3.4	+0.5	—

Cloud cover (%) Kyoto runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Melbourne	57	55	56	56	60	61	62	60	62	63	64	60
Kyoto	84	81	75	69	71	81	77	66	74	70	74	80
Difference	+27	+26	+19	+13	+11	+20	+15	+5	+11	+7	+9	+20

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Melbourne	57	55	56	56	60	61
Kyoto	84	81	75	69	71	81
Difference	+27	+26	+19	+13	+11	+20

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Melbourne	62	60	62	63	64	60
Kyoto	77	66	74	70	74	80
Difference	+15	+5	+11	+7	+9	+20

Relative humidity (%) Kyoto runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Melbourne	66	67	69	73	80	85	84	82	79	74	71	67
Kyoto	85	83	81	79	81	84	86	84	85	84	84	85
Difference	+19	+16	+12	+6	+1	-1	+1	+2	+6	+10	+13	+18

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Melbourne	66	67	69	73	80	85
Kyoto	85	83	81	79	81	84
Difference	+19	+16	+12	+6	+1	-1

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Melbourne	84	82	79	74	71	67
Kyoto	86	84	85	84	84	85
Difference	+1	+2	+6	+10	+13	+18

How both climates are changing

Both cities are warming. Each city has its own warming trend; see its trends page for the year-by-year detail. Melbourne trends → · Kyoto trends →

Methodology & sources

Melbourne

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 24 years of daily observations at Melbourne Regional Office, a weather station, inside the city. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

Kyoto

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from the Japan Meteorological Agency, measured at Kyoto, about 2 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →

← change Melbourne · change Kyoto → · Melbourne page · Kyoto page