Climate averages 1991–2020
Kushiro weather
in April.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cold month in Kushiro: daytime highs average 6.8°C and nights cool to about 0.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 22 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Obihiro (95 km away). In April its highs average 9.3°C, 2.5°C warmer than Kushiro, with 84 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Kushiro ranks 303rd of 303 for the warmest April highs and 14th of 303 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 303 cities is 16.7°C; Kushiro is 10.0°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 11.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 85 mm to 105 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Kushiro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.8°C-8.2°C | -8.2°C | 51 | 6.3 | 9.49 h |
| February | -1.8°C-9.2°C | -9.2°C | 38 | 6.2 | 10.510 h |
| March | 1.7°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 68 | 8.1 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 6.8°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 85 | 9.4 | 13.413 h |
| May | 11.1°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 105 | 10.5 | 14.615 h |
| June | 14.3°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 85 | 9.3 | 15.315 h |
| July | 18.1°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 125 | 10.7 | 15.015 h |
| August | 20.3°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 147 | 12.1 | 13.914 h |
| September | 18.6°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 160 | 11.5 | 12.513 h |
| October | 13.9°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 118 | 9.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 7.7°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 75 | 8.6 | 9.810 h |
| December | 1.2°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 71 | 8.2 | 9.19 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
April in nearby cities
- Obihiro in AprilJapan · 95 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low -1.1°C · 84 mm rain
- Kitami in AprilJapan · 100 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -1.5°C · 69 mm rain
- Asahikawa in AprilJapan · 185 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low -1.3°C · 76 mm rain
- Iwamizawa in AprilJapan · 214 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 0.1°C · 67 mm rain
- Chitose in AprilJapan · 222 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 0.6°C · 70 mm rain
- Eniwa in AprilJapan · 228 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 0.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Tomakomai in AprilJapan · 229 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 1.0°C · 78 mm rain
- Ebetsu in AprilJapan · 230 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low -0.1°C · 66 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 Kushiro) is explained once on the Kushiro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.