Climate averages 1991–2020
Tsurusaki weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Tsurusaki: daytime highs average 13.6°C and nights cool to about 6.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 119 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a wet month (the 5th 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 Ōita (9 km away). In March its highs average 14.0°C, about as warm as Tsurusaki, with 100 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Tsurusaki ranks joint 31st of 303 for the warmest March highs and joint 147th of 303 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 303 cities is 11.5°C; Tsurusaki is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 18.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 119 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
Tsurusaki climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.3°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 63 | 7.5 | 10.210 h |
| February | 10.4°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 76 | 8.5 | 11.011 h |
| March, selected | 13.6°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 119 | 10.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 18.2°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 137 | 10.4 | 13.013 h |
| May | 22.2°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 153 | 11.0 | 13.914 h |
| June | 24.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 292 | 15.4 | 14.314 h |
| July | 28.8°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 190 | 14.0 | 14.114 h |
| August | 29.5°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 146 | 12.5 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.2°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 192 | 12.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.6°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 151 | 8.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.7°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 81 | 7.6 | 10.510 h |
| December | 11.6°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 63 | 7.6 | 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
- Ōita in MarchJapan · 9 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 5.6°C · 100 mm rain
- Beppu in MarchJapan · 18 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 5.3°C · 100 mm rain
- Nakatsu in MarchJapan · 61 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 5.3°C · 112 mm rain
- Nobeoka in MarchJapan · 74 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 6.6°C · 138 mm rain
- Uwajima in MarchJapan · 81 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 6.9°C · 112 mm rain
- Yukuhashi in MarchJapan · 85 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 5.3°C · 124 mm rain
- Ube in MarchJapan · 88 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 6.3°C · 133 mm rain
- Hōfu in MarchJapan · 90 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 5.1°C · 123 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 Tsurusaki) is explained once on the Tsurusaki year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.