Climate averages 1991–2020
Obihiro weather
in February.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Obihiro: daytime highs average -2.5°C and nights cool to about -13.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of precipitation on roughly 7 days, which makes February a month with moderate precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 30 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kushiro (95 km away). In February its highs average -1.8°C, 0.6°C warmer than Obihiro, with 38 mm of precipitation.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Obihiro ranks joint 299th of 303 for the warmest February highs and joint 5th of 303 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 303 cities is 7.9°C; Obihiro is 10.4°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 2.2°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 42 mm to 68 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | -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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Kushiro in FebruaryJapan · 95 kmHigh -1.8°C · Low -9.2°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Kitami in FebruaryJapan · 113 kmHigh -3.8°C · Low -12.6°C · 44 mm precipitation
- Asahikawa in FebruaryJapan · 117 kmHigh -3.9°C · Low -11.5°C · 51 mm precipitation
- Iwamizawa in FebruaryJapan · 122 kmHigh -2.5°C · Low -10.0°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Chitose in FebruaryJapan · 127 kmHigh -1.5°C · Low -9.2°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Eniwa in FebruaryJapan · 133 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -9.7°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Tomakomai in FebruaryJapan · 134 kmHigh -1.3°C · Low -7.4°C · 44 mm precipitation
- Ebetsu in FebruaryJapan · 136 kmHigh -2.8°C · Low -10.1°C · 39 mm precipitation
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.