Climate averages 1991–2020
Sapporo weather
in July.
A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Sapporo: daytime highs average 23.8°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 138 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes July a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 01 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ebetsu (17 km away). In July its highs average 23.4°C, about as warm as Sapporo, with 119 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Sapporo ranks 291st of 303 for the warmest July highs and joint 14th of 303 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 303 cities is 27.9°C; Sapporo is 4.0°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 24.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 138 mm to 191 mm.
The annual picture
July 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
Sapporo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.0°C-9.0°C | -9.0°C | 52 | 10.3 | 9.49 h |
| February | -2.1°C-8.9°C | -8.9°C | 47 | 9.9 | 10.510 h |
| March | 1.9°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 64 | 12.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 9.2°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 73 | 11.9 | 13.413 h |
| May | 16.1°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 93 | 12.5 | 14.615 h |
| June | 20.1°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 89 | 11.9 | 15.315 h |
| July, selected | 23.8°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 138 | 13.9 | 15.015 h |
| August | 24.6°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 191 | 14.2 | 13.914 h |
| September | 20.9°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 155 | 14.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 14.7°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 99 | 13.6 | 11.111 h |
| November | 7.0°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 88 | 14.4 | 9.810 h |
| December | -0.3°C-5.3°C | -5.3°C | 73 | 12.7 | 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
July in nearby cities
- Ebetsu in JulyJapan · 17 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 16.2°C · 119 mm rain
- Eniwa in JulyJapan · 27 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 15.8°C · 119 mm rain
- Otaru in JulyJapan · 31 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 17.0°C · 127 mm rain
- Iwamizawa in JulyJapan · 36 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 16.3°C · 113 mm rain
- Chitose in JulyJapan · 37 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 15.9°C · 116 mm rain
- Tomakomai in JulyJapan · 52 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 16.1°C · 138 mm rain
- Muroran in JulyJapan · 88 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 16.7°C · 153 mm rain
- Asahikawa in JulyJapan · 113 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 15.9°C · 147 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 Sapporo) is explained once on the Sapporo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.