Climate averages 1991–2020
Obihiro weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Obihiro: daytime highs average 9.3°C and nights cool to about -1.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 84 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 22 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kushiro (95 km away). In April its highs average 6.8°C, 2.5°C cooler than Obihiro, with 85 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Obihiro ranks 293rd of 303 for the warmest April highs and 13th of 303 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 303 cities is 16.7°C; Obihiro is 7.4°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 7.0°C to 16.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 84 mm to 107 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Obihiro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.7°C-14.8°C | -14.8°C | 53 | 6.2 | 9.49 h |
| February | -2.5°C-13.5°C | -13.5°C | 42 | 6.5 | 10.510 h |
| March | 2.2°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 68 | 9.3 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 9.3°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 84 | 10.4 | 13.413 h |
| May | 16.3°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 107 | 11.3 | 14.615 h |
| June | 19.5°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 98 | 11.0 | 15.315 h |
| July | 22.8°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 126 | 12.8 | 15.015 h |
| August | 23.7°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 168 | 13.7 | 13.914 h |
| September | 20.4°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 165 | 12.8 | 12.513 h |
| October | 14.6°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 110 | 9.6 | 11.111 h |
| November | 7.1°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 75 | 8.9 | 9.810 h |
| December | -0.8°C-10.6°C | -10.6°C | 68 | 7.6 | 9.19 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
April in nearby cities
- Kushiro in AprilJapan · 95 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low 0.4°C · 85 mm rain
- Kitami in AprilJapan · 113 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -1.5°C · 69 mm rain
- Asahikawa in AprilJapan · 117 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low -1.3°C · 76 mm rain
- Iwamizawa in AprilJapan · 122 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 0.1°C · 67 mm rain
- Chitose in AprilJapan · 127 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 0.6°C · 70 mm rain
- Eniwa in AprilJapan · 133 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 0.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Tomakomai in AprilJapan · 134 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 1.0°C · 78 mm rain
- Ebetsu in AprilJapan · 136 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low -0.1°C · 66 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 Obihiro) is explained once on the Obihiro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.