Obihiro climate

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Obihiro is warmest in August, with average highs of 24 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -14 °C. August is the wettest month (166 mm) and February the driest (43 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Obihiro averages 1,158 mm of rain, 30 days above 25 °C and 159 days below freezing.

Japan · population 166,536 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month August 24 °C
Coldest month January -14 °C
Driest month February 43 mm
Wettest month August 166 mm
Least cloud January 45 % cloud
Hottest on record May 34 °C
Coldest on record January -26 °C

What to expectObihiro through the year

Obihiro has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -3.8 °C in January to 24 °C in August, a swing of 29 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 30 days a year reach 25 °C, 4 of them reach 30 °C, 159 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 166 mm against 43 mm in February — 3.9 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-3.8 °C	53 mm	45 %
February	-2.6 °C	43 mm	50 %
March	2.2 °C	68 mm	54 %
April	9.5 °C	85 mm	59 %
May	16.4 °C	108 mm	66 %
June	19.7 °C	97 mm	74 %
July	23.0 °C	125 mm	79 %
August	23.9 °C	166 mm	77 %
September	20.5 °C	164 mm	67 %
October	14.7 °C	106 mm	51 %
November	7.1 °C	74 mm	47 %
December	-0.9 °C	69 mm	46 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	-3.8 °C	-14.3 °C	-9.2 °C	4.7 °C	-25.7 °C	0	0	31
February	-2.6 °C	-12.7 °C	-7.8 °C	8.7 °C	-25.7 °C	0	0	28
March	2.2 °C	-6.8 °C	-2.6 °C	14.6 °C	-19.0 °C	0	0	30
April	9.5 °C	-0.3 °C	4.3 °C	24.4 °C	-11.3 °C	0	0	16
May	16.4 °C	6.3 °C	11.0 °C	34.2 °C	-2.2 °C	1	0	1
June	19.7 °C	11.2 °C	15.0 °C	31.6 °C	3.9 °C	3	0	0
July	23.0 °C	15.5 °C	18.8 °C	34.1 °C	8.4 °C	10	1	0
August	23.9 °C	16.7 °C	19.9 °C	33.3 °C	8.4 °C	12	2	0
September	20.5 °C	12.5 °C	16.2 °C	31.1 °C	2.4 °C	3	0	0
October	14.7 °C	5.3 °C	9.6 °C	23.7 °C	-4.7 °C	0	0	3
November	7.1 °C	-1.4 °C	2.4 °C	19.1 °C	-19.8 °C	0	0	20
December	-0.9 °C	-10.1 °C	-5.7 °C	11.1 °C	-23.8 °C	0	0	30

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	53 mm	7	9.4 h/day	45 %	75 %	15 km/h
February	43 mm	6	11 h/day	50 %	74 %	16 km/h
March	68 mm	9	12 h/day	54 %	74 %	18 km/h
April	85 mm	10	13 h/day	59 %	74 %	17 km/h
May	108 mm	11	15 h/day	66 %	75 %	15 km/h
June	97 mm	11	15 h/day	74 %	82 %	13 km/h
July	125 mm	14	15 h/day	79 %	85 %	11 km/h
August	166 mm	13	14 h/day	77 %	85 %	11 km/h
September	164 mm	12	13 h/day	67 %	82 %	13 km/h
October	106 mm	9	11 h/day	51 %	78 %	15 km/h
November	74 mm	8	9.7 h/day	47 %	74 %	17 km/h
December	69 mm	7	9.0 h/day	46 %	73 %	16 km/h

How Obihiro compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Obihiro	24 °C	-14 °C	1,158 mm	30
Kushiro · Japan	20 °C	-8.8 °C	1,133 mm	1
Asahikawa · Japan	24 °C	-12 °C	1,212 mm	30
Tomakomai · Japan	23 °C	-7.6 °C	1,215 mm	7
Sapporo · Japan	24 °C	-9.4 °C	1,162 mm	25
Hakodate · Japan	24 °C	-5.4 °C	1,176 mm	17
Hachinohe · Japan	26 °C	-5.1 °C	1,050 mm	49

Where Obihiro ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Asia in June	8th of 50	20 °C
The coolest places in Asia in April	13th of 50	9.5 °C
The coolest places in Asia in May	13th of 50	16 °C
The coolest places in Asia in July	16th of 50	23 °C
The coolest places in Asia in March	26th of 50	2.2 °C
The coolest places in Asia in August	38th of 50	24 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Obihiro.

QuestionsCommon questions about Obihiro’s climate

When is the best time to visit Obihiro?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. July, August, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Obihiro get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 24 °C. About 4 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -14 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 159 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Obihiro?

August, averaging 166 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is February with 43 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,158 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Obihiro rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 42.917°, 143.204° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.