Climate averages 1991–2020
Sapporo weather
in March.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the 9th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Sapporo: daytime highs average 1.9°C and nights cool to about -5.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 64 mm of precipitation on roughly 12 days, which makes March a month with moderate precipitation (the 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 Ebetsu (17 km away). In March its highs average 1.5°C, about as warm as Sapporo, with 55 mm of precipitation.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Sapporo ranks joint 297th of 303 for the warmest March highs and 8th of 303 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 303 cities is 11.5°C; Sapporo is 9.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 7.2°C to 9.2°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 64 mm to 73 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Ebetsu in MarchJapan · 17 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -6.3°C · 55 mm precipitation
- Eniwa in MarchJapan · 27 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -5.8°C · 55 mm rain
- Otaru in MarchJapan · 31 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -3.0°C · 76 mm precipitation
- Iwamizawa in MarchJapan · 36 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -5.9°C · 57 mm precipitation
- Chitose in MarchJapan · 37 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -5.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Tomakomai in MarchJapan · 52 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -4.0°C · 63 mm rain
- Muroran in MarchJapan · 88 kmHigh 2.0°C · Low -3.4°C · 57 mm precipitation
- Asahikawa in MarchJapan · 113 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -7.2°C · 67 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 Sapporo) is explained once on the Sapporo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.