Climate averages 1991–2020
Takaoka weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Takaoka: daytime highs average 9.8°C and nights cool to about 0.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 158 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes March a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Imizu (10 km away). In March its highs average 9.4°C, about as warm as Takaoka, with 179 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Takaoka ranks 247th of 303 for the warmest March highs and 276th of 303 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 303 cities is 11.5°C; Takaoka is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.1°C to 15.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 158 mm to 137 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
Takaoka climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.4°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 170 | 23.4 | 10.010 h |
| February | 5.1°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 130 | 19.0 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 9.8°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 158 | 18.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.8°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 137 | 14.5 | 13.113 h |
| May | 21.0°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 144 | 13.4 | 14.114 h |
| June | 24.6°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 188 | 14.5 | 14.615 h |
| July | 28.0°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 272 | 18.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 29.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 199 | 15.7 | 13.614 h |
| September | 25.0°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 236 | 16.1 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.4°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 174 | 14.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.6°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 159 | 17.6 | 10.210 h |
| December | 7.6°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 183 | 22.5 | 9.710 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
- Imizu in MarchJapan · 10 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 0.3°C · 179 mm rain
- Toyama in MarchJapan · 19 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -0.8°C · 179 mm rain
- Kanazawa in MarchJapan · 39 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 0.8°C · 149 mm rain
- Matsutō in MarchJapan · 48 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 1.3°C · 149 mm rain
- Komatsu in MarchJapan · 64 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 2.6°C · 149 mm rain
- Takayama in MarchJapan · 72 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -2.2°C · 172 mm rain
- Azumino in MarchJapan · 93 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -1.7°C · 155 mm rain
- Matsumoto in MarchJapan · 103 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low -1.6°C · 155 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 Takaoka) is explained once on the Takaoka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.