Climate averages 1991–2020
Nakatsugawa 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 Nakatsugawa: daytime highs average 11.3°C and nights cool to about 0.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 174 mm of rain on roughly 13 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 Iida (29 km away). In March its highs average 9.7°C, 1.6°C cooler than Nakatsugawa, with 171 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Nakatsugawa ranks joint 222nd of 303 for the warmest March highs and 291st of 303 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 303 cities is 11.5°C; Nakatsugawa is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.8°C to 17.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 174 mm to 187 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
Nakatsugawa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.3°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 96 | 11.9 | 10.110 h |
| February | 6.7°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 108 | 10.2 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 11.3°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 174 | 12.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.1°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 187 | 13.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 21.9°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 204 | 13.8 | 14.014 h |
| June | 24.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 278 | 17.9 | 14.515 h |
| July | 28.1°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 335 | 20.7 | 14.314 h |
| August | 29.6°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 198 | 18.9 | 13.513 h |
| September | 26.2°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 234 | 15.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.7°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 205 | 12.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.7°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 129 | 10.4 | 10.310 h |
| December | 8.4°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 100 | 12.2 | 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
- Iida in MarchJapan · 29 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 0.4°C · 171 mm rain
- Tajimi in MarchJapan · 38 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 1.5°C · 139 mm rain
- Kani in MarchJapan · 41 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 1.2°C · 138 mm rain
- Seto in MarchJapan · 46 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 2.0°C · 110 mm rain
- Sekimachi in MarchJapan · 53 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 1.7°C · 138 mm rain
- Kasugai in MarchJapan · 55 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 2.2°C · 110 mm rain
- Toyota in MarchJapan · 55 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 2.3°C · 136 mm rain
- Komaki in MarchJapan · 57 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 1.7°C · 110 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 Nakatsugawa) is explained once on the Nakatsugawa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.