Climate averages 1991–2020
Anan weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Anan: daytime highs average 13.4°C and nights cool to about 7.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 128 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tokushima (18 km away). In March its highs average 13.3°C, about as warm as Anan, with 128 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Anan ranks joint 41st of 303 for the warmest March highs and joint 201st of 303 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 303 cities is 11.5°C; Anan is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 17.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 128 mm to 137 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
Anan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.8°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 78 | 9.4 | 10.210 h |
| February | 10.5°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 85 | 10.4 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 13.4°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 128 | 11.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 17.5°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 137 | 10.6 | 13.013 h |
| May | 21.0°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 165 | 10.6 | 13.914 h |
| June | 23.9°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 243 | 13.8 | 14.414 h |
| July | 27.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 187 | 11.8 | 14.214 h |
| August | 28.7°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 113 | 9.4 | 13.413 h |
| September | 25.9°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 220 | 13.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.5°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 212 | 11.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.9°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 104 | 8.6 | 10.410 h |
| December | 12.1°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 84 | 8.0 | 9.910 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
- Tokushima in MarchJapan · 18 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 5.9°C · 128 mm rain
- Minato in MarchJapan · 57 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 5.5°C · 125 mm rain
- Tanabe in MarchJapan · 69 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 7.3°C · 151 mm rain
- Takamatsu in MarchJapan · 72 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 5.8°C · 104 mm rain
- Izumisano in MarchJapan · 83 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 3.8°C · 107 mm rain
- Akashi in MarchJapan · 88 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 4.8°C · 100 mm rain
- Marugame in MarchJapan · 90 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 5.7°C · 102 mm rain
- Kishiwada in MarchJapan · 90 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 3.0°C · 107 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 Anan) is explained once on the Anan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.