Climate averages 1991–2020
Matsue weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Matsue: daytime highs average 11.0°C and nights cool to about 6.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 134 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes March a wet month (the 7th 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 Yonago (26 km away). In March its highs average 11.3°C, about as warm as Matsue, with 138 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Matsue ranks joint 233rd of 303 for the warmest March highs and joint 222nd of 303 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 303 cities is 11.5°C; Matsue is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 15.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 134 mm to 108 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
Matsue climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.7°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 177 | 22.5 | 10.110 h |
| February | 8.2°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 133 | 17.6 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 11.0°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 134 | 15.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.4°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 108 | 10.8 | 13.113 h |
| May | 19.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 120 | 9.9 | 14.014 h |
| June | 22.8°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 145 | 11.3 | 14.515 h |
| July | 26.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 184 | 13.3 | 14.314 h |
| August | 28.1°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 123 | 11.4 | 13.513 h |
| September | 24.7°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 184 | 13.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 114 | 11.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.4°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 120 | 14.6 | 10.310 h |
| December | 10.4°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 182 | 20.7 | 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
- Yonago in MarchJapan · 26 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 4.8°C · 138 mm rain
- Izumo in MarchJapan · 29 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 5.6°C · 116 mm rain
- Tsuyama in MarchJapan · 99 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 2.6°C · 109 mm rain
- Tottori-shi in MarchJapan · 107 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 4.5°C · 133 mm rain
- Fukuyama in MarchJapan · 115 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 4.6°C · 92 mm rain
- Onomichi in MarchJapan · 119 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 4.2°C · 92 mm rain
- Kurashiki in MarchJapan · 119 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 5.2°C · 101 mm rain
- Mihara in MarchJapan · 120 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 4.2°C · 95 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 Matsue) is explained once on the Matsue year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.