Climate averages 1991–2020
Kushiro weather
in February.
A freezing month with light precipitation: one of the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Kushiro: daytime highs average -1.8°C and nights cool to about -9.2°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 38 mm of precipitation on roughly 6 days, which makes February a month with light precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 30 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Obihiro (95 km away). In February its highs average -2.5°C, 0.6°C cooler than Kushiro, with 42 mm of precipitation.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Kushiro ranks 296th of 303 for the warmest February highs and 2nd of 303 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 303 cities is 7.9°C; Kushiro is 9.7°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 1.7°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 38 mm to 68 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
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, selected | -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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Obihiro in FebruaryJapan · 95 kmHigh -2.5°C · Low -13.5°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Kitami in FebruaryJapan · 100 kmHigh -3.8°C · Low -12.6°C · 44 mm precipitation
- Asahikawa in FebruaryJapan · 185 kmHigh -3.9°C · Low -11.5°C · 51 mm precipitation
- Iwamizawa in FebruaryJapan · 214 kmHigh -2.5°C · Low -10.0°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Chitose in FebruaryJapan · 222 kmHigh -1.5°C · Low -9.2°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Eniwa in FebruaryJapan · 228 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -9.7°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Tomakomai in FebruaryJapan · 229 kmHigh -1.3°C · Low -7.4°C · 44 mm precipitation
- Ebetsu in FebruaryJapan · 230 kmHigh -2.8°C · Low -10.1°C · 39 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 Kushiro) is explained once on the Kushiro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.