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Japan in March: where is it warmest?

In March, Naha, Okinawa is the warmest place with 21 °C by day, Sapporo the coolest with 2 °C. 0 of 33 destinations have good holiday weather.

All destinations in March, warmest first

Long-term averages for the month: daytime high, sea, sunshine and rainy days.

Place	Score	Air	Sea	Sun	Rain days
Naha, Okinawa	37	21°	22°	4 h	12
Okinawa	31	20°	22°	4 h	12
Kagoshima	59	16°	18°	5 h	13
Hamamatsu	58	14°	16°	6 h	11
Okayama	53	14°	12°	6 h	11
Kumamoto	53	14°	14°	5 h	11
Nagasaki	50	14°	16°	5 h	12
Nagoya	55	13°	–	6 h	10
Hiroshima	50	13°	13°	6 h	10
Osaka	49	13°	–	6 h	11
Fukuoka	49	13°	14°	5 h	11
Nara	49	13°	–	6 h	11
Tokyo	48	13°	13°	6 h	11
Kyoto	48	13°	–	6 h	11
Kobe	48	13°	13°	6 h	11
Minato	48	13°	13°	6 h	12
Kitakyūshū	48	13°	14°	5 h	11
Yokosuka	48	13°	16°	6 h	12
Shizuoka	48	13°	16°	6 h	13
Kawasaki	47	13°	13°	6 h	12
Yokohama	45	13°	14°	6 h	12
Chiba	45	13°	13°	6 h	13
Kamakura	44	13°	16°	6 h	12
Itsukushima	21	13°	13°	6 h	10
Kanazawa	22	11°	11°	5 h	16
Hakone	25	10°	–	6 h	15
Sendai	30	9°	–	6 h	11
Niigata	9	9°	10°	4 h	19
Matsumoto	16	8°	–	6 h	15
Nagano	11	8°	–	6 h	20
Aomori	11	5°	8°	4 h	15
Hakodate	22	4°	8°	5 h	11
Sapporo	16	2°	–	5 h	13

Japan in March: where is it warmest?

The warmest places in March are Naha, Okinawa (21 °C), Okinawa (20 °C) and Kagoshima (16 °C).

Japan in March: where is the sea warmest?

The sea is warmest at Naha, Okinawa (22 °C), Okinawa (22 °C) and Kagoshima (18 °C).

Japan in March: where is the weather best?

The best holiday weather in March – warm, sunny and dry – is in Kagoshima, Hamamatsu and Nagoya.

Climate averages 1996–2025, not a forecast. Data: Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-Land via Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0), NOAA OISST, WMO 1991–2020 (NOAA NCEI), GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sources & licences