Climate averages 1991–2020
Takayama weather
in March.
A cold, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Takayama: daytime highs average 6.3°C and nights cool to about -2.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 172 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes March a wet month (the 7th 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 Azumino (60 km away). In March its highs average 7.1°C, 0.7°C warmer than Takayama, with 155 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Takayama ranks 279th of 303 for the warmest March highs and 290th of 303 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 303 cities is 11.5°C; Takayama is 5.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.4°C to 12.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 172 mm to 158 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
Takayama climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.4°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 155 | 21.5 | 10.010 h |
| February | 2.4°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 135 | 18.1 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 6.3°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 172 | 17.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.7°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 158 | 15.5 | 13.113 h |
| May | 19.0°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 163 | 14.8 | 14.114 h |
| June | 22.3°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 220 | 17.7 | 14.615 h |
| July | 25.5°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 278 | 21.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 26.8°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 179 | 18.8 | 13.514 h |
| September | 23.1°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 216 | 16.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 17.6°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 181 | 14.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 11.2°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 141 | 15.9 | 10.310 h |
| December | 4.5°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 159 | 20.6 | 9.810 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
- Azumino in MarchJapan · 60 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -1.7°C · 155 mm rain
- Toyama in MarchJapan · 63 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -0.8°C · 179 mm rain
- Matsumoto in MarchJapan · 65 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low -1.6°C · 155 mm rain
- Imizu in MarchJapan · 71 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 0.3°C · 179 mm rain
- Takaoka in MarchJapan · 72 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 0.9°C · 158 mm rain
- Matsutō in MarchJapan · 75 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 1.3°C · 149 mm rain
- Nakatsugawa in MarchJapan · 76 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 0.5°C · 174 mm rain
- Kanazawa in MarchJapan · 77 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 0.8°C · 149 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 Takayama) is explained once on the Takayama year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.