Climate averages 1991–2020
Kushiro weather
in January.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: one of 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 Kushiro: daytime highs average -1.8°C and nights cool to about -8.2°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 51 mm of precipitation on roughly 6 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 24 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Obihiro (95 km away). In January its highs average -3.7°C, 1.8°C cooler than Kushiro, with 53 mm of precipitation.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Kushiro ranks 292nd of 303 for the warmest January highs and joint 19th of 303 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 303 cities is 7.0°C; Kushiro is 8.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs stay level at -1.8°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 51 mm to 38 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
Kushiro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Obihiro in JanuaryJapan · 95 kmHigh -3.7°C · Low -14.8°C · 53 mm precipitation
- Kitami in JanuaryJapan · 100 kmHigh -4.4°C · Low -13.1°C · 57 mm precipitation
- Asahikawa in JanuaryJapan · 185 kmHigh -5.2°C · Low -12.1°C · 58 mm precipitation
- Iwamizawa in JanuaryJapan · 214 kmHigh -3.5°C · Low -10.8°C · 49 mm precipitation
- Chitose in JanuaryJapan · 222 kmHigh -2.3°C · Low -9.6°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Eniwa in JanuaryJapan · 228 kmHigh -3.0°C · Low -10.2°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Tomakomai in JanuaryJapan · 229 kmHigh -2.0°C · Low -7.5°C · 44 mm precipitation
- Ebetsu in JanuaryJapan · 230 kmHigh -3.7°C · Low -10.6°C · 41 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.