Climate averages 1991–2020
Kitami weather
in February.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Kitami: daytime highs average -3.8°C and nights cool to about -12.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of precipitation on roughly 7 days, which makes February a month with moderate precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 27 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kushiro (100 km away). In February its highs average -1.8°C, 2.0°C warmer than Kitami, with 38 mm of precipitation.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Kitami ranks 302nd of 303 for the warmest February highs and joint 9th of 303 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 303 cities is 7.9°C; Kitami is 11.7°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.8°C to 1.0°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 44 mm to 60 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
Kitami climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.4°C-13.1°C | -13.1°C | 57 | 8.3 | 9.39 h |
| February, selected | -3.8°C-12.6°C | -12.6°C | 44 | 7.0 | 10.410 h |
| March | 1.0°C-7.8°C | -7.8°C | 60 | 9.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 8.2°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 69 | 11.6 | 13.413 h |
| May | 15.4°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 77 | 11.6 | 14.715 h |
| June | 19.2°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 77 | 11.1 | 15.415 h |
| July | 22.8°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 107 | 11.6 | 15.115 h |
| August | 23.6°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 134 | 12.5 | 14.014 h |
| September | 20.0°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 122 | 12.0 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.1°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 90 | 9.8 | 11.111 h |
| November | 6.3°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 65 | 9.6 | 9.710 h |
| December | -1.3°C-9.8°C | -9.8°C | 71 | 8.9 | 9.09 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
- Kushiro in FebruaryJapan · 100 kmHigh -1.8°C · Low -9.2°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Obihiro in FebruaryJapan · 113 kmHigh -2.5°C · Low -13.5°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Asahikawa in FebruaryJapan · 123 kmHigh -3.9°C · Low -11.5°C · 51 mm precipitation
- Iwamizawa in FebruaryJapan · 184 kmHigh -2.5°C · Low -10.0°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Ebetsu in FebruaryJapan · 204 kmHigh -2.8°C · Low -10.1°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Chitose in FebruaryJapan · 212 kmHigh -1.5°C · Low -9.2°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Eniwa in FebruaryJapan · 213 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -9.7°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Sapporo in FebruaryJapan · 221 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -8.9°C · 47 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 Kitami) is explained once on the Kitami year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.