Climate averages 1991–2020
Sapporo weather
in June.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a mild month in Sapporo: daytime highs average 20.1°C and nights cool to about 12.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 89 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes June a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 18 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ebetsu (17 km away). In June its highs average 19.7°C, about as warm as Sapporo, with 76 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Sapporo ranks joint 292nd of 303 for the warmest June highs and 8th of 303 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 303 cities is 24.4°C; Sapporo is 4.2°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 23.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 89 mm to 138 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 20.1°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 89 | 11.9 | 15.315 h |
| July | 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
June in nearby cities
- Ebetsu in JuneJapan · 17 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 11.7°C · 76 mm rain
- Eniwa in JuneJapan · 27 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 11.2°C · 76 mm rain
- Otaru in JuneJapan · 31 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 12.2°C · 76 mm rain
- Iwamizawa in JuneJapan · 36 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 11.8°C · 64 mm rain
- Chitose in JuneJapan · 37 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 11.4°C · 77 mm rain
- Tomakomai in JuneJapan · 52 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 11.6°C · 100 mm rain
- Muroran in JuneJapan · 88 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 12.2°C · 104 mm rain
- Asahikawa in JuneJapan · 113 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 11.3°C · 90 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.