Climate averages 1991–2020
Obihiro weather
in March.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Obihiro: daytime highs average 2.2°C and nights cool to about -7.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kushiro (95 km away). In March its highs average 1.7°C, about as warm as Obihiro, with 68 mm of precipitation.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Obihiro ranks joint 293rd of 303 for the warmest March highs and joint 11th of 303 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 303 cities is 11.5°C; Obihiro is 9.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 7.1°C to 9.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 68 mm to 84 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Kushiro in MarchJapan · 95 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -5.0°C · 68 mm precipitation
- Kitami in MarchJapan · 113 kmHigh 1.0°C · Low -7.8°C · 60 mm precipitation
- Asahikawa in MarchJapan · 117 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -7.2°C · 67 mm precipitation
- Iwamizawa in MarchJapan · 122 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -5.9°C · 57 mm precipitation
- Chitose in MarchJapan · 127 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -5.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Eniwa in MarchJapan · 133 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -5.8°C · 55 mm rain
- Tomakomai in MarchJapan · 134 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -4.0°C · 63 mm rain
- Ebetsu in MarchJapan · 136 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -6.3°C · 55 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.