Climate averages 1991–2020
Shizuoka weather
in March.
A cool, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Shizuoka: daytime highs average 13.2°C and nights cool to about 5.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 211 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fujieda (17 km away). In March its highs average 13.0°C, about as warm as Shizuoka, with 184 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Shizuoka ranks joint 60th of 303 for the warmest March highs and 302nd of 303 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 303 cities is 11.5°C; Shizuoka is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 17.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 211 mm to 225 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Shizuoka climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.6°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 94 | 8.4 | 10.110 h |
| February | 10.3°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 120 | 9.4 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 13.2°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 211 | 14.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.2°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 225 | 13.6 | 13.013 h |
| May | 21.1°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 234 | 13.9 | 14.014 h |
| June | 23.9°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 291 | 17.2 | 14.514 h |
| July | 27.5°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 323 | 18.5 | 14.314 h |
| August | 28.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 191 | 16.3 | 13.513 h |
| September | 25.8°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 277 | 16.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.4°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 247 | 14.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 16.7°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 150 | 11.4 | 10.410 h |
| December | 11.9°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 91 | 8.3 | 9.910 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Fujieda in MarchJapan · 17 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 5.8°C · 184 mm rain
- Shimada in MarchJapan · 26 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 5.5°C · 184 mm rain
- Fujinomiya in MarchJapan · 34 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 3.8°C · 221 mm rain
- Fuji, Japan in MarchJapan · 34 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 4.9°C · 202 mm rain
- Kakegawa in MarchJapan · 41 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 4.7°C · 160 mm rain
- Numazu in MarchJapan · 46 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 5.5°C · 204 mm rain
- Fukuroi in MarchJapan · 50 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 4.3°C · 160 mm rain
- Iwata in MarchJapan · 58 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 4.6°C · 148 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 Shizuoka) is explained once on the Shizuoka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.