Climate averages 1991–2020
Tanabe weather
in March.
A cool, 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 Tanabe: daytime highs average 14.0°C and nights cool to about 7.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 151 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a 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 Minato (57 km away). In March its highs average 12.8°C, 1.2°C cooler than Tanabe, with 125 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Tanabe ranks joint 17th of 303 for the warmest March highs and 263rd of 303 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 303 cities is 11.5°C; Tanabe is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 18.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 151 mm to 158 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
Tanabe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.0°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 95 | 11.7 | 10.210 h |
| February | 10.8°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 106 | 11.3 | 11.011 h |
| March, selected | 14.0°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 151 | 12.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 18.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 158 | 11.1 | 13.013 h |
| May | 22.1°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 176 | 11.0 | 13.914 h |
| June | 24.9°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 293 | 15.4 | 14.414 h |
| July | 28.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 246 | 14.4 | 14.214 h |
| August | 29.6°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 146 | 13.3 | 13.413 h |
| September | 27.1°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 215 | 13.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.5°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 217 | 11.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 17.6°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 127 | 8.8 | 10.410 h |
| December | 12.5°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 97 | 10.1 | 10.010 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
- Minato in MarchJapan · 57 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 5.5°C · 125 mm rain
- Anan in MarchJapan · 69 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 7.7°C · 128 mm rain
- Izumisano in MarchJapan · 76 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 3.8°C · 107 mm rain
- Kawachi-Nagano in MarchJapan · 81 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 2.4°C · 112 mm rain
- Kishiwada in MarchJapan · 82 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 3.0°C · 107 mm rain
- Tokushima in MarchJapan · 83 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 5.9°C · 128 mm rain
- Tondabayashichō in MarchJapan · 88 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 2.6°C · 112 mm rain
- Kashiba in MarchJapan · 95 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 2.4°C · 124 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 Tanabe) is explained once on the Tanabe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.