Climate averages 1991–2020
Aizu-Wakamatsu weather
in March.
A cold, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Aizu-Wakamatsu: daytime highs average 6.6°C and nights cool to about -1.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 101 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes March a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kōriyama (40 km away). In March its highs average 8.4°C, 1.8°C warmer than Aizu-Wakamatsu, with 86 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Aizu-Wakamatsu ranks joint 275th of 303 for the warmest March highs and joint 54th of 303 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 303 cities is 11.5°C; Aizu-Wakamatsu is 4.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 7.3°C to 14.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 101 mm to 95 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Aizu-Wakamatsu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.0°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 99 | 18.9 | 9.910 h |
| February | 3.0°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 74 | 15.5 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 6.6°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 101 | 15.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.0°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 95 | 12.8 | 13.113 h |
| May | 20.0°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 95 | 11.8 | 14.214 h |
| June | 23.4°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 117 | 12.5 | 14.715 h |
| July | 26.6°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 180 | 17.0 | 14.514 h |
| August | 27.8°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 132 | 13.9 | 13.614 h |
| September | 23.5°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 144 | 13.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.6°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 125 | 11.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 11.6°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 82 | 13.2 | 10.210 h |
| December | 5.2°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 93 | 18.1 | 9.610 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Kōriyama in MarchJapan · 40 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low -0.7°C · 86 mm rain
- Sukagawa in MarchJapan · 45 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low -0.6°C · 91 mm rain
- Yonezawa in MarchJapan · 49 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -1.8°C · 146 mm rain
- Fukushima in MarchJapan · 54 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -1.0°C · 90 mm rain
- Nasushiobara in MarchJapan · 58 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low -0.2°C · 111 mm rain
- Ōtawara in MarchJapan · 70 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low -0.1°C · 104 mm rain
- Shibata in MarchJapan · 74 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low -0.3°C · 145 mm rain
- Nikkō in MarchJapan · 87 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low -1.8°C · 112 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Aizu-Wakamatsu) is explained once on the Aizu-Wakamatsu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.