Climate averages 1991–2020
Asahikawa weather
in February.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Asahikawa: daytime highs average -3.9°C and nights cool to about -11.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of precipitation on roughly 13 days, which makes February a month with moderate precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 27 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Iwamizawa (80 km away). In February its highs average -2.5°C, 1.5°C warmer than Asahikawa, with 43 mm of precipitation.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Asahikawa ranks 303rd of 303 for the warmest February highs and 21st of 303 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 303 cities is 7.9°C; Asahikawa is 11.8°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 0.7°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 51 mm to 67 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Asahikawa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -5.2°C-12.1°C | -12.1°C | 58 | 15.1 | 9.39 h |
| February, selected | -3.9°C-11.5°C | -11.5°C | 51 | 13.1 | 10.510 h |
| March | 0.7°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 67 | 14.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 7.7°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 76 | 13.6 | 13.413 h |
| May | 15.9°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 91 | 13.0 | 14.715 h |
| June | 20.4°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 90 | 12.4 | 15.415 h |
| July | 23.9°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 147 | 14.3 | 15.115 h |
| August | 24.1°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 171 | 14.9 | 14.014 h |
| September | 19.8°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 142 | 14.4 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.0°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 115 | 15.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 4.5°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 107 | 18.4 | 9.710 h |
| December | -3.0°C-10.1°C | -10.1°C | 83 | 17.3 | 9.09 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
February in nearby cities
- Iwamizawa in FebruaryJapan · 80 kmHigh -2.5°C · Low -10.0°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Ebetsu in FebruaryJapan · 99 kmHigh -2.8°C · Low -10.1°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Sapporo in FebruaryJapan · 113 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -8.9°C · 47 mm precipitation
- Eniwa in FebruaryJapan · 117 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -9.7°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Obihiro in FebruaryJapan · 117 kmHigh -2.5°C · Low -13.5°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Chitose in FebruaryJapan · 120 kmHigh -1.5°C · Low -9.2°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Kitami in FebruaryJapan · 123 kmHigh -3.8°C · Low -12.6°C · 44 mm precipitation
- Otaru in FebruaryJapan · 128 kmHigh -1.6°C · Low -5.7°C · 80 mm precipitation
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 Asahikawa) is explained once on the Asahikawa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.