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Kyoto in March

Cool and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Kyoto is cool: highs near 57°F, lows near 37°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 3 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Kyoto is cool: highs near 14°C, lows near 3°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 3 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
57°F14°Caverage
Low
37°F3°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 44% of days
Daylight
11h 55mon average

Is March a good time to visit Kyoto?

March sits outside Kyoto's best months, which run in two parts: May, or October. Expect cool days and rain on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How March sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 57°F in March, against 49°F to 91°F through the year.Highs near 14°C in March, against 9°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

44% of days in March, against 27% to 59% through the year.

Cloud cover

52% cover in March, against 41% to 70% through the year.

Daylight

11h 55m in March, against 9h 50m to 14h 28m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with March shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. February50°10°low 32°low 0°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. March57°14°low 37°low 3°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. April66°19°low 46°low 8°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Kyoto sits, in March

Asia/Tokyo
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
6:09 AMsets 6:04 PM
Above the sea
50 mlow-lying
Latitude
35.0°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Osaka43 km south-west

The land around Kyoto, shaded by its typical high in March, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Japan in March

high · low · wet days
See March on the planning mapThe whole year in Kyoto

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Kyoto. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (50 m) against the climate model's (144 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (50 m) against the climate model's (144 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.