Climate averages 1991–2020
Maizuru weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Maizuru: daytime highs average 11.9°C and nights cool to about 3.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 117 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes March a wet month (the 5th 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 Fukuchiyama (26 km away). In March its highs average 12.2°C, about as warm as Maizuru, with 118 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Maizuru ranks joint 198th of 303 for the warmest March highs and joint 136th of 303 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 303 cities is 11.5°C; Maizuru is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.5°C to 17.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 117 mm to 118 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
Maizuru climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.5°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 83 | 16.3 | 10.110 h |
| February | 8.2°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 77 | 13.9 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 11.9°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 117 | 14.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.4°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 118 | 11.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.2°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 152 | 11.9 | 14.014 h |
| June | 25.5°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 182 | 14.0 | 14.515 h |
| July | 29.2°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 221 | 16.9 | 14.314 h |
| August | 30.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 147 | 13.4 | 13.513 h |
| September | 26.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 195 | 13.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.8°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 142 | 10.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.5°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 84 | 10.7 | 10.310 h |
| December | 10.1°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 82 | 14.0 | 9.810 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
- Fukuchiyama in MarchJapan · 26 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 2.6°C · 118 mm rain
- Toyooka in MarchJapan · 48 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 2.9°C · 130 mm rain
- Kameoka in MarchJapan · 55 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 2.5°C · 120 mm rain
- Kyoto in MarchJapan · 61 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 2.8°C · 122 mm rain
- Sandachō in MarchJapan · 64 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 3.0°C · 112 mm rain
- Kōtari in MarchJapan · 68 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 2.9°C · 122 mm rain
- Ōtsu in MarchJapan · 70 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 2.3°C · 122 mm rain
- Takarazuka in MarchJapan · 72 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 3.8°C · 111 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 Maizuru) is explained once on the Maizuru year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.