Climate averages 1991–2020
Matsumoto weather
in March.
A cold, wet month: the 9th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Matsumoto: daytime highs average 7.7°C and nights cool to about -1.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 155 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes March a wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Azumino (9 km away). In March its highs average 7.1°C, 0.6°C cooler than Matsumoto, with 155 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Matsumoto ranks 271st of 303 for the warmest March highs and joint 271st of 303 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 303 cities is 11.5°C; Matsumoto is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.9°C to 14.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 155 mm to 138 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
Matsumoto climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.2°C-6.5°C | -6.5°C | 106 | 15.3 | 10.010 h |
| February | 3.5°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 100 | 12.6 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 7.7°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 155 | 15.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.6°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 138 | 13.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 20.7°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 156 | 14.2 | 14.114 h |
| June | 23.8°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 224 | 18.2 | 14.615 h |
| July | 27.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 246 | 19.3 | 14.414 h |
| August | 28.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 155 | 15.0 | 13.514 h |
| September | 24.3°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 199 | 15.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 18.5°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 193 | 15.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 12.5°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 115 | 13.3 | 10.310 h |
| December | 5.7°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 107 | 15.5 | 9.710 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
- Azumino in MarchJapan · 9 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -1.7°C · 155 mm rain
- Ueda in MarchJapan · 34 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low -1.0°C · 118 mm rain
- Saku in MarchJapan · 46 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -0.9°C · 99 mm rain
- Nagano in MarchJapan · 50 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -1.5°C · 138 mm rain
- Takayama in MarchJapan · 65 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -2.2°C · 172 mm rain
- Kai in MarchJapan · 78 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 1.4°C · 125 mm rain
- Iida in MarchJapan · 80 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 0.4°C · 171 mm rain
- Minami-Alps in MarchJapan · 82 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 1.7°C · 166 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 Matsumoto) is explained once on the Matsumoto year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Azumino lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.