Climate averages 1991–2020
Chitose weather
in March.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Chitose: daytime highs average 2.6°C and nights cool to about -5.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 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 Eniwa (10 km away). In March its highs average 2.1°C, about as warm as Chitose, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Chitose ranks 292nd of 303 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 303 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 303 cities is 11.5°C; Chitose is 8.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.2°C to 8.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 54 mm to 70 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
Chitose climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.3°C-9.6°C | -9.6°C | 36 | 6.3 | 9.49 h |
| February | -1.5°C-9.2°C | -9.2°C | 35 | 6.3 | 10.511 h |
| March, selected | 2.6°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 54 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 8.8°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 70 | 10.5 | 13.413 h |
| May | 14.1°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 95 | 10.7 | 14.615 h |
| June | 17.9°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 77 | 9.3 | 15.315 h |
| July | 21.7°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 116 | 11.9 | 15.015 h |
| August | 23.2°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 162 | 12.1 | 13.914 h |
| September | 20.4°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 137 | 12.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 14.5°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 91 | 9.7 | 11.111 h |
| November | 7.3°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 68 | 9.6 | 9.810 h |
| December | 0.5°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 54 | 8.1 | 9.19 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
- Eniwa in MarchJapan · 10 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -5.8°C · 55 mm rain
- Tomakomai in MarchJapan · 21 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -4.0°C · 63 mm rain
- Ebetsu in MarchJapan · 33 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -6.3°C · 55 mm precipitation
- Sapporo in MarchJapan · 37 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -5.5°C · 64 mm precipitation
- Iwamizawa in MarchJapan · 43 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -5.9°C · 57 mm precipitation
- Otaru in MarchJapan · 67 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -3.0°C · 76 mm precipitation
- Muroran in MarchJapan · 78 kmHigh 2.0°C · Low -3.4°C · 57 mm precipitation
- Asahikawa in MarchJapan · 120 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -7.2°C · 67 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 Chitose) is explained once on the Chitose year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.