Climate averages 1991–2020
Kitami weather
in January.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Kitami: daytime highs average -4.4°C and nights cool to about -13.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 57 mm of precipitation on roughly 8 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 19 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kushiro (100 km away). In January its highs average -1.8°C, 2.6°C warmer than Kitami, with 51 mm of precipitation.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Kitami ranks 302nd of 303 for the warmest January highs and joint 65th of 303 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 303 cities is 7.0°C; Kitami is 11.4°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.6°C to -3.8°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 57 mm to 44 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | -4.4°C-13.1°C | -13.1°C | 57 | 8.3 | 9.39 h |
| February | -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
January in nearby cities
- Kushiro in JanuaryJapan · 100 kmHigh -1.8°C · Low -8.2°C · 51 mm precipitation
- Obihiro in JanuaryJapan · 113 kmHigh -3.7°C · Low -14.8°C · 53 mm precipitation
- Asahikawa in JanuaryJapan · 123 kmHigh -5.2°C · Low -12.1°C · 58 mm precipitation
- Iwamizawa in JanuaryJapan · 184 kmHigh -3.5°C · Low -10.8°C · 49 mm precipitation
- Ebetsu in JanuaryJapan · 204 kmHigh -3.7°C · Low -10.6°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Chitose in JanuaryJapan · 212 kmHigh -2.3°C · Low -9.6°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Eniwa in JanuaryJapan · 213 kmHigh -3.0°C · Low -10.2°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Sapporo in JanuaryJapan · 221 kmHigh -3.0°C · Low -9.0°C · 52 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.