Climate averages 1991–2020
Ise weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Ise: daytime highs average 13.1°C and nights cool to about 5.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 126 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a wet month (the 5th 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 Matsusaka (18 km away). In March its highs average 13.3°C, about as warm as Ise, with 130 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Ise ranks joint 64th of 303 for the warmest March highs and joint 191st of 303 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 303 cities is 11.5°C; Ise is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 17.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 126 mm to 137 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
Ise climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.9°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 69 | 5.9 | 10.110 h |
| February | 9.8°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 74 | 7.2 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 13.1°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 126 | 10.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.6°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 137 | 10.0 | 13.013 h |
| May | 21.6°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 164 | 11.8 | 13.914 h |
| June | 24.7°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 235 | 15.0 | 14.414 h |
| July | 28.4°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 191 | 14.4 | 14.214 h |
| August | 29.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 144 | 13.6 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.3°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 247 | 15.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.3°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 254 | 12.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 16.2°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 110 | 8.2 | 10.410 h |
| December | 11.2°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 70 | 6.4 | 9.910 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
- Matsusaka in MarchJapan · 18 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 4.5°C · 130 mm rain
- Tsu in MarchJapan · 32 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 4.7°C · 128 mm rain
- Suzuka in MarchJapan · 46 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 4.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Handa in MarchJapan · 49 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 4.3°C · 107 mm rain
- Nishio in MarchJapan · 53 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 4.3°C · 120 mm rain
- Yokkaichi in MarchJapan · 54 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 3.2°C · 117 mm rain
- Nabari in MarchJapan · 58 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 2.7°C · 134 mm rain
- Iga in MarchJapan · 60 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 2.8°C · 119 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 Ise) is explained once on the Ise year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.