Climate averages 1991–2020
Niigata weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Niigata: daytime highs average 8.6°C and nights cool to about 1.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 110 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes March a wet month (the 3rd 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 Shibata (26 km away). In March its highs average 7.9°C, 0.8°C cooler than Niigata, with 145 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Niigata ranks joint 259th of 303 for the warmest March highs and joint 88th of 303 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 303 cities is 11.5°C; Niigata is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.5°C to 14.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 110 mm to 90 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
Niigata climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.2°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 178 | 26.6 | 9.910 h |
| February | 4.7°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 115 | 21.3 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 8.6°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 110 | 18.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.1°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 90 | 12.6 | 13.213 h |
| May | 19.4°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 99 | 11.8 | 14.214 h |
| June | 23.1°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 123 | 11.2 | 14.715 h |
| July | 26.6°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 226 | 15.2 | 14.515 h |
| August | 28.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 159 | 12.9 | 13.614 h |
| September | 24.7°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 146 | 14.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 155 | 15.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 13.2°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 164 | 19.7 | 10.210 h |
| December | 7.5°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 195 | 25.4 | 9.610 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
- Shibata in MarchJapan · 26 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low -0.3°C · 145 mm rain
- Tsubame in MarchJapan · 30 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 1.0°C · 121 mm rain
- Sanjō in MarchJapan · 35 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 0.0°C · 150 mm rain
- Nagaoka in MarchJapan · 55 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low -0.4°C · 126 mm rain
- Kashiwazaki in MarchJapan · 75 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 0.2°C · 142 mm rain
- Aizu-Wakamatsu in MarchJapan · 93 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -1.1°C · 101 mm rain
- Yonezawa in MarchJapan · 94 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -1.8°C · 146 mm rain
- Jōetsu in MarchJapan · 112 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low 0.6°C · 145 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 Niigata) is explained once on the Niigata year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.