Climate averages 1991–2020
Kurashiki weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Kurashiki: daytime highs average 13.3°C and nights cool to about 5.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 101 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a wet month (the 6th 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 Okayama (17 km away). In March its highs average 13.3°C, about as warm as Kurashiki, with 92 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Kurashiki ranks joint 50th of 303 for the warmest March highs and joint 54th of 303 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 303 cities is 11.5°C; Kurashiki is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.9°C to 18.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 101 mm to 115 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
Kurashiki climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.1°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 51 | 7.7 | 10.110 h |
| February | 10.0°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 61 | 8.2 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 13.3°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 101 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.2°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 115 | 10.2 | 13.013 h |
| May | 22.5°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 132 | 10.2 | 13.914 h |
| June | 25.6°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 178 | 11.8 | 14.414 h |
| July | 29.2°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 171 | 12.1 | 14.214 h |
| August | 30.7°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 95 | 9.2 | 13.413 h |
| September | 27.1°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 153 | 10.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.8°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 121 | 8.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 16.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 60 | 6.9 | 10.410 h |
| December | 11.3°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 55 | 7.5 | 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
- Okayama in MarchJapan · 17 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 4.0°C · 92 mm rain
- Marugame in MarchJapan · 33 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 5.7°C · 102 mm rain
- Takamatsu in MarchJapan · 38 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 5.8°C · 104 mm rain
- Fukuyama in MarchJapan · 38 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 4.6°C · 92 mm rain
- Onomichi in MarchJapan · 55 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 4.2°C · 92 mm rain
- Tsuyama in MarchJapan · 56 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 2.6°C · 109 mm rain
- Mihara in MarchJapan · 66 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 4.2°C · 95 mm rain
- Shikokuchūō in MarchJapan · 70 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 5.5°C · 128 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 Kurashiki) is explained once on the Kurashiki year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.