Climate averages 1991–2020
Tomakomai weather
in February.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the 11th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Tomakomai: daytime highs average -1.3°C and nights cool to about -7.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of precipitation on roughly 7 days, which makes February a month with moderate precipitation (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 31 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chitose (21 km away). In February its highs average -1.5°C, about as warm as Tomakomai, with 35 mm of precipitation.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Tomakomai ranks 292nd of 303 for the warmest February highs and joint 9th of 303 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 303 cities is 7.9°C; Tomakomai is 9.2°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 2.2°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 44 mm to 63 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Tomakomai climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.0°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 44 | 7.1 | 9.49 h |
| February, selected | -1.3°C-7.4°C | -7.4°C | 44 | 7.4 | 10.511 h |
| March | 2.2°C-4.0°C | -4.0°C | 63 | 10.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 7.5°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 78 | 11.5 | 13.413 h |
| May | 12.7°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 109 | 11.8 | 14.615 h |
| June | 16.7°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 100 | 11.3 | 15.315 h |
| July | 20.6°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 138 | 13.7 | 15.015 h |
| August | 22.5°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 197 | 14.5 | 13.914 h |
| September | 20.1°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 177 | 15.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 14.3°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 110 | 11.8 | 11.111 h |
| November | 7.3°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 78 | 10.8 | 9.810 h |
| December | 0.7°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 63 | 8.7 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Chitose in FebruaryJapan · 21 kmHigh -1.5°C · Low -9.2°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Eniwa in FebruaryJapan · 29 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -9.7°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Sapporo in FebruaryJapan · 52 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -8.9°C · 47 mm precipitation
- Ebetsu in FebruaryJapan · 53 kmHigh -2.8°C · Low -10.1°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Muroran in FebruaryJapan · 62 kmHigh -1.4°C · Low -6.3°C · 44 mm precipitation
- Iwamizawa in FebruaryJapan · 64 kmHigh -2.5°C · Low -10.0°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Otaru in FebruaryJapan · 79 kmHigh -1.6°C · Low -5.7°C · 80 mm precipitation
- Hakodate in FebruaryJapan · 119 kmHigh 0.1°C · Low -5.1°C · 52 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 Tomakomai) is explained once on the Tomakomai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.