Hokkaido
When to go?
Mean −7 °C, 15 rain days in the month (67 mm).
Against
- Freezinglows of −11 °C
Mean −7 °C, 13 rain days in the month (52 mm).
Against
- Freezinglows of −10 °C
Mean −2 °C, 14 rain days in the month (66 mm).
Against
- Freezinglows of −6 °C
Mean 4 °C, 12 rain days in the month (70 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 10 °C, 13 rain days in the month (88 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 14 °C, 12 rain days in the month (89 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 18 °C, 13 rain days in the month (131 mm).
The least rainy of the months with the right temperature.
Mean 19 °C, 14 rain days in the month (167 mm).
The least rainy of the months with the right temperature.
Mean 16 °C, 13 rain days in the month (140 mm).
The least rainy of the months with the right temperature.
Mean 10 °C, 14 rain days in the month (115 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 3 °C, 16 rain days in the month (104 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 5 days in 10
Mean −4 °C, 17 rain days in the month (91 mm).
Against
- Freezinglows of −8 °C
No ideal month: the best months are July–September, the least rainy with the right temperature. Nothing against April–June, October either.
Very varied climate The climate changes a lot from one part to another: look at the cities below for the details.
Climate zones
- Freezing, dry
- Freezing
- Freezing, wet
- Cold, dry
- Cold
- Cold, wet
- Mild, dry
- Mild
- Mild, wet
- Hot, arid
- Hot
- Hot, wet
- Torrid, arid
- Torrid
- Torrid, wet
Mean maximum and minimum temperature and mean monthly precipitation of the season (the mean of its three months), ERA5-Land 1996–2025, at about 9 km resolution: colours are in levels (the same as the city scale) and smaller details are not real.
What is the climate like?
Area mean indicative, over the whole territory
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Mean daylight hours over the whole territory.
Snow on the ground
Mean snow depth on the ground (cm)
Mean snow depth on the ground (cm)
Spatial mean over the whole area, weighted by area (cosine of the latitude), not by population: indicative only, since the climate varies a lot within an area (coasts, plains, mountains). Look at the cities for the weather you will find.