Climate averages 1991–2020
Kitami weather
in March.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: 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 Kitami: daytime highs average 1.0°C and nights cool to about -7.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes March a month with moderate precipitation (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 Kushiro (100 km away). In March its highs average 1.7°C, 0.7°C warmer than Kitami, with 68 mm of precipitation.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Kitami ranks 302nd of 303 for the warmest March highs and 6th of 303 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 303 cities is 11.5°C; Kitami is 10.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 7.2°C to 8.2°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 60 mm to 69 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
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 | -3.8°C-12.6°C | -12.6°C | 44 | 7.0 | 10.410 h |
| March, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Kushiro in MarchJapan · 100 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -5.0°C · 68 mm precipitation
- Obihiro in MarchJapan · 113 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -7.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Asahikawa in MarchJapan · 123 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -7.2°C · 67 mm precipitation
- Iwamizawa in MarchJapan · 184 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -5.9°C · 57 mm precipitation
- Ebetsu in MarchJapan · 204 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -6.3°C · 55 mm precipitation
- Chitose in MarchJapan · 212 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -5.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Eniwa in MarchJapan · 213 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -5.8°C · 55 mm rain
- Sapporo in MarchJapan · 221 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -5.5°C · 64 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.