Sapporo climate

Name: Sapporo
Address: Hokkaido, Japan

Japan · Hokkaido · 43.062° N, 141.355° E

Köppen Dfahumid continentalContinental

Famously deep maritime snowfall in winter from Sea-of-Japan effect, warm humid summers.

Big seasonal swing: properly cold winters, warm summers, usually far from an ocean.

What the year looks like

Average monthly temperature — °F / °C

Average high Average low

Average monthly precipitation — in / mm

Rain Snowfall

Warmest month

August, 79°F / 26°C

Coldest month

January, 14°F / -10°C

Annual swing

65°F / 36°C

Wettest month

August

Driest month

December

Rain per year

38.4" / 976 mm

Snow per year

62.5" / 1587 mm

Elevation

85 ft / 26 m

Time zone

Asia/Tokyo

2019-2023 averages from Open-Meteo Historical Weather API (ERA5 reanalysis). Imperial / metric.
Month	High °F/°C	Low °F/°C	Rain in/mm	Snow in/mm	Humidity	Wind mph/km/h	Cloud
January	27 / -3	14 / -10	0.09 / 2	17.8 / 453	76%	8.3 / 13.4	74%
February	29 / -2	16 / -9	0.41 / 10	17.4 / 443	77%	8.3 / 13.4	70%
March	41 / 5	26 / -3	1.38 / 35	11.1 / 283	77%	8.9 / 14.3	62%
April	53 / 12	34 / 1	3.15 / 80	2.0 / 52	69%	9.0 / 14.5	58%
May	63 / 17	45 / 7	3.94 / 100	0.0 / 0	75%	9.3 / 15.0	62%
June	70 / 21	54 / 12	4.43 / 113	0.0 / 0	80%	8.8 / 14.2	67%
July	78 / 25	64 / 18	4.07 / 103	0.0 / 0	82%	8.5 / 13.7	65%
August	79 / 26	66 / 19	6.71 / 170	0.0 / 0	83%	8.3 / 13.4	68%
September	72 / 22	57 / 14	5.38 / 137	0.0 / 0	81%	7.4 / 11.9	63%
October	61 / 16	44 / 7	4.35 / 110	0.0 / 1	78%	6.9 / 11.1	57%
November	48 / 9	33 / 0	3.76 / 96	2.7 / 69	74%	7.7 / 12.4	66%
December	34 / 1	20 / -7	0.75 / 19	11.3 / 286	73%	7.3 / 11.7	70%

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