Climate averages 1991–2020
Hakodate weather
in February.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the 11th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Hakodate: daytime highs average 0.1°C and nights cool to about -5.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of precipitation on roughly 8 days, which makes February a month with moderate precipitation (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 34 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Muroran (64 km away). In February its highs average -1.4°C, 1.4°C cooler than Hakodate, with 44 mm of precipitation.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Hakodate ranks 291st of 303 for the warmest February highs and joint 22nd of 303 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 303 cities is 7.9°C; Hakodate is 7.8°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 3.5°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 52 mm to 66 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
Hakodate climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.5°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 52 | 9.2 | 9.510 h |
| February, selected | 0.1°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 52 | 8.0 | 10.611 h |
| March | 3.5°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 66 | 9.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 8.9°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 83 | 9.8 | 13.313 h |
| May | 13.9°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 119 | 11.6 | 14.515 h |
| June | 17.8°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 121 | 11.6 | 15.215 h |
| July | 21.6°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 178 | 14.9 | 14.915 h |
| August | 23.7°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 206 | 14.8 | 13.914 h |
| September | 21.3°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 185 | 12.8 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.3°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 114 | 11.4 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.1°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 87 | 11.0 | 9.910 h |
| December | 2.1°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 70 | 10.5 | 9.29 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
- Muroran in FebruaryJapan · 64 kmHigh -1.4°C · Low -6.3°C · 44 mm precipitation
- Aomori in FebruaryJapan · 107 kmHigh 0.8°C · Low -5.9°C · 66 mm precipitation
- Tomakomai in FebruaryJapan · 119 kmHigh -1.3°C · Low -7.4°C · 44 mm precipitation
- Hirosaki in FebruaryJapan · 133 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -6.1°C · 81 mm precipitation
- Chitose in FebruaryJapan · 138 kmHigh -1.5°C · Low -9.2°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Eniwa in FebruaryJapan · 142 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -9.7°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Sapporo in FebruaryJapan · 152 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -8.9°C · 47 mm precipitation
- Hachinohe in FebruaryJapan · 156 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -5.8°C · 48 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 Hakodate) is explained once on the Hakodate year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.