Climate averages 1991–2020
Obihiro weather
in January.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Obihiro: daytime highs average -3.7°C and nights cool to about -14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 53 mm of precipitation on roughly 6 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 24 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kushiro (95 km away). In January its highs average -1.8°C, 1.8°C warmer than Obihiro, with 51 mm of precipitation.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Obihiro ranks joint 300th of 303 for the warmest January highs and joint 32nd of 303 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 303 cities is 7.0°C; Obihiro is 10.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.2°C to -2.5°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 53 mm to 42 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | -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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Kushiro in JanuaryJapan · 95 kmHigh -1.8°C · Low -8.2°C · 51 mm precipitation
- Kitami in JanuaryJapan · 113 kmHigh -4.4°C · Low -13.1°C · 57 mm precipitation
- Asahikawa in JanuaryJapan · 117 kmHigh -5.2°C · Low -12.1°C · 58 mm precipitation
- Iwamizawa in JanuaryJapan · 122 kmHigh -3.5°C · Low -10.8°C · 49 mm precipitation
- Chitose in JanuaryJapan · 127 kmHigh -2.3°C · Low -9.6°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Eniwa in JanuaryJapan · 133 kmHigh -3.0°C · Low -10.2°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Tomakomai in JanuaryJapan · 134 kmHigh -2.0°C · Low -7.5°C · 44 mm precipitation
- Ebetsu in JanuaryJapan · 136 kmHigh -3.7°C · Low -10.6°C · 41 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.