Climate averages 1991–2020
Matsusaka 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 Matsusaka: daytime highs average 13.3°C and nights cool to about 4.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 130 mm of rain on roughly 11 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 Tsu (17 km away). In March its highs average 13.2°C, about as warm as Matsusaka, with 128 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Matsusaka ranks joint 50th of 303 for the warmest March highs and joint 214th of 303 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 303 cities is 11.5°C; Matsusaka is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.8°C to 18.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 130 mm to 146 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
Matsusaka climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.7°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 70 | 6.1 | 10.110 h |
| February | 9.7°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 74 | 7.5 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 13.3°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 130 | 11.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.1°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 146 | 10.7 | 13.013 h |
| May | 22.3°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 174 | 12.3 | 13.914 h |
| June | 25.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 252 | 16.3 | 14.414 h |
| July | 29.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 227 | 18.0 | 14.214 h |
| August | 30.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 194 | 17.5 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.7°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 272 | 16.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 258 | 12.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 16.3°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 113 | 8.4 | 10.410 h |
| December | 11.1°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 71 | 6.3 | 9.910 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
- Tsu in MarchJapan · 17 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 4.7°C · 128 mm rain
- Ise in MarchJapan · 18 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 5.6°C · 126 mm rain
- Suzuka in MarchJapan · 34 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 4.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Nabari in MarchJapan · 42 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 2.7°C · 134 mm rain
- Iga in MarchJapan · 42 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 2.8°C · 119 mm rain
- Yokkaichi in MarchJapan · 44 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 3.2°C · 117 mm rain
- Handa in MarchJapan · 50 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 4.3°C · 107 mm rain
- Kuwana in MarchJapan · 54 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 2.6°C · 114 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 Matsusaka) is explained once on the Matsusaka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.