Climate averages 1991–2020
Hakodate weather
in July.
A mild, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Hakodate: daytime highs average 21.6°C and nights cool to about 17.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 178 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes July a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 53 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Muroran (64 km away). In July its highs average 21.3°C, about as warm as Hakodate, with 153 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Hakodate ranks 300th of 303 for the warmest July highs and joint 89th of 303 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 303 cities is 27.9°C; Hakodate is 6.3°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 23.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 178 mm to 206 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Muroran in JulyJapan · 64 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 16.7°C · 153 mm rain
- Aomori in JulyJapan · 107 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 18.4°C · 158 mm rain
- Tomakomai in JulyJapan · 119 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 16.1°C · 138 mm rain
- Hirosaki in JulyJapan · 133 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 18.0°C · 163 mm rain
- Chitose in JulyJapan · 138 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 15.9°C · 116 mm rain
- Eniwa in JulyJapan · 142 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 15.8°C · 119 mm rain
- Sapporo in JulyJapan · 152 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 16.9°C · 138 mm rain
- Hachinohe in JulyJapan · 156 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 18.2°C · 132 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 Hakodate) is explained once on the Hakodate year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.