Nagano City vs. Shizuoka City: one gets 2.4 times the rain
Nagano and Shizuoka are neighbouring prefectures. We compare the yearly rain at the stations in their capitals.
Which gets more precipitation in a year: Nagano City or Shizuoka City?
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The answer is Shizuoka City
Rain-gauge chart of annual precipitation normals, 1991–2020. Shizuoka City: 2,327.3 mm. Nagano City: 965.1 mm. Values Values at a single weather station.
2.4×
Shizuoka City's annual precipitation compared with Nagano City (1991–2020 normals, Values at a single weather station)
Shizuoka City gets 2,327.3 mm a year on average and Nagano City gets 965.1 mm, a difference of 1,362.2 mm. Yet the number of days with rain or snow is almost the same. The story explains why.
- Indicator
- Annual precipitation normal (mm)
- Period
- 1991–2020
- What the value is
- Values at a single weather station
- Calculation
- value as published
- Data retrieved
- September 29, 2026
- Source
- Japan Meteorological Agency, "Climatological Normals", "Station history" and "Past weather data", processed by datapictlab
Sources and license
- Japan Meteorological Agency, "Climatological Normals", "Station history" and "Past weather data", processed by datapictlab (公共データ利用規約（第1.0版）)
- National Land Numerical Information (Administrative Boundaries), MLIT, processed (CC BY 4.0)
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