Climate averages 1991–2020
Gotemba weather
in March.
A cool, very 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 Gotemba: daytime highs average 10.9°C and nights cool to about 1.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 184 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes March a very 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 Odawara (21 km away). In March its highs average 12.9°C, 2.0°C warmer than Gotemba, with 186 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Gotemba ranks 237th of 303 for the warmest March highs and joint 294th of 303 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 303 cities is 11.5°C; Gotemba is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 16.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 184 mm to 178 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
Gotemba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.6°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 96 | 10.1 | 10.110 h |
| February | 7.3°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 108 | 10.9 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 10.9°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 184 | 15.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.1°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 178 | 14.4 | 13.113 h |
| May | 20.5°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 186 | 14.6 | 14.014 h |
| June | 23.3°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 243 | 17.8 | 14.514 h |
| July | 27.2°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 235 | 17.8 | 14.314 h |
| August | 28.0°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 185 | 16.4 | 13.513 h |
| September | 24.6°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 263 | 16.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.5°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 261 | 15.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.5°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 132 | 12.1 | 10.310 h |
| December | 9.4°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 90 | 10.4 | 9.810 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
- Odawara in MarchJapan · 21 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 4.9°C · 186 mm rain
- Numazu in MarchJapan · 25 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 5.5°C · 204 mm rain
- Hadano in MarchJapan · 26 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 4.4°C · 186 mm rain
- Fuji, Japan in MarchJapan · 29 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 4.9°C · 202 mm rain
- Fujinomiya in MarchJapan · 32 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 3.8°C · 221 mm rain
- Isehara in MarchJapan · 34 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 4.9°C · 154 mm rain
- Hiratsuka in MarchJapan · 36 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 5.5°C · 186 mm rain
- Sagamihara in MarchJapan · 39 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 2.0°C · 154 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 Gotemba) is explained once on the Gotemba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.