Climate averages 1991–2020
Hakodate weather
in March.
A cold, moderately wet month: 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 Hakodate: daytime highs average 3.5°C and nights cool to about -2.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (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 Muroran (64 km away). In March its highs average 2.0°C, 1.5°C cooler than Hakodate, with 57 mm of precipitation.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Hakodate ranks 291st of 303 for the warmest March highs and 9th of 303 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 303 cities is 11.5°C; Hakodate is 8.0°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.4°C to 8.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 66 mm to 83 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
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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Muroran in MarchJapan · 64 kmHigh 2.0°C · Low -3.4°C · 57 mm precipitation
- Aomori in MarchJapan · 107 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -3.1°C · 86 mm rain
- Tomakomai in MarchJapan · 119 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -4.0°C · 63 mm rain
- Hirosaki in MarchJapan · 133 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -3.6°C · 101 mm rain
- Chitose in MarchJapan · 138 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -5.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Eniwa in MarchJapan · 142 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -5.8°C · 55 mm rain
- Sapporo in MarchJapan · 152 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -5.5°C · 64 mm precipitation
- Hachinohe in MarchJapan · 156 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low -2.2°C · 72 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.