Climate averages 1991–2020
Asahikawa weather
in March.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the 9th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Asahikawa: daytime highs average 0.7°C and nights cool to about -7.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 67 mm of precipitation on roughly 15 days, which makes March a month with moderate precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Iwamizawa (80 km away). In March its highs average 1.9°C, 1.2°C warmer than Asahikawa, with 57 mm of precipitation.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Asahikawa ranks 303rd of 303 for the warmest March highs and 10th of 303 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 303 cities is 11.5°C; Asahikawa is 10.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 7.0°C to 7.7°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 67 mm to 76 mm.
The annual picture
March 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 | -3.9°C-11.5°C | -11.5°C | 51 | 13.1 | 10.510 h |
| March, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Iwamizawa in MarchJapan · 80 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -5.9°C · 57 mm precipitation
- Ebetsu in MarchJapan · 99 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -6.3°C · 55 mm precipitation
- Sapporo in MarchJapan · 113 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -5.5°C · 64 mm precipitation
- Eniwa in MarchJapan · 117 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -5.8°C · 55 mm rain
- Obihiro in MarchJapan · 117 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -7.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Chitose in MarchJapan · 120 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -5.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Kitami in MarchJapan · 123 kmHigh 1.0°C · Low -7.8°C · 60 mm precipitation
- Otaru in MarchJapan · 128 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -3.0°C · 76 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.