Climate averages 1991–2020
Tottori-shi 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 Tottori-shi: daytime highs average 11.1°C and nights cool to about 4.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 133 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes March a wet month (the 4th 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 Toyooka (53 km away). In March its highs average 11.8°C, 0.7°C warmer than Tottori-shi, with 130 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Tottori-shi ranks joint 230th of 303 for the warmest March highs and joint 219th of 303 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 303 cities is 11.5°C; Tottori-shi is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 16.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 133 mm to 114 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
Tottori-shi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.2°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 147 | 22.0 | 10.110 h |
| February | 7.7°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 114 | 17.5 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 11.1°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 133 | 15.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.2°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 114 | 11.8 | 13.113 h |
| May | 20.8°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 136 | 11.7 | 14.014 h |
| June | 24.1°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 165 | 13.9 | 14.515 h |
| July | 27.7°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 197 | 15.8 | 14.314 h |
| August | 29.2°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 147 | 13.8 | 13.513 h |
| September | 25.1°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 223 | 15.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.1°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 139 | 12.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.2°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 116 | 14.7 | 10.310 h |
| December | 10.0°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 152 | 19.7 | 9.810 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
- Toyooka in MarchJapan · 53 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 2.9°C · 130 mm rain
- Tsuyama in MarchJapan · 54 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 2.6°C · 109 mm rain
- Tatsuno in MarchJapan · 79 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 4.8°C · 112 mm rain
- Yonago in MarchJapan · 82 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 4.8°C · 138 mm rain
- Fukuchiyama in MarchJapan · 83 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 2.6°C · 118 mm rain
- Himeji in MarchJapan · 87 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 4.4°C · 109 mm rain
- Kakogawachō-honmachi in MarchJapan · 98 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 4.6°C · 109 mm rain
- Okayama in MarchJapan · 98 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 4.0°C · 92 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 Tottori-shi) is explained once on the Tottori-shi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.