Climate averages 1991–2020
Izumo weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Izumo: daytime highs average 11.3°C and nights cool to about 5.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 116 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes March a wet month (the 7th 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 Matsue (29 km away). In March its highs average 11.0°C, about as warm as Izumo, with 134 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Izumo ranks joint 222nd of 303 for the warmest March highs and joint 129th of 303 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 303 cities is 11.5°C; Izumo is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 16.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 116 mm to 104 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
Izumo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.5°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 96 | 17.3 | 10.110 h |
| February | 8.2°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 89 | 14.7 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 11.3°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 116 | 14.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.0°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 104 | 10.7 | 13.113 h |
| May | 20.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 117 | 10.5 | 14.014 h |
| June | 23.7°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 160 | 12.7 | 14.515 h |
| July | 27.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 213 | 15.2 | 14.314 h |
| August | 28.7°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 149 | 13.8 | 13.513 h |
| September | 25.0°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 190 | 13.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.2°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 103 | 10.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.3°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 87 | 11.1 | 10.310 h |
| December | 10.2°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 103 | 16.3 | 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
- Matsue in MarchJapan · 29 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 6.4°C · 134 mm rain
- Yonago in MarchJapan · 52 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 4.8°C · 138 mm rain
- Higashihiroshima in MarchJapan · 107 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 3.4°C · 101 mm rain
- Mihara in MarchJapan · 111 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 4.2°C · 95 mm rain
- Hiroshima in MarchJapan · 111 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 3.9°C · 110 mm rain
- Fukuyama in MarchJapan · 112 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 4.6°C · 92 mm rain
- Onomichi in MarchJapan · 113 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 4.2°C · 92 mm rain
- Tsuyama in MarchJapan · 117 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 2.6°C · 109 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 Izumo) is explained once on the Izumo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.