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Nikko in March

Chilly and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Nikko is chilly: highs near 41°F, lows near 24°F. Rain or snow falls on about four days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 7 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Nikko is chilly: highs near 5°C, lows near -4°C. Rain or snow falls on about four days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 7 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
41°F5°Caverage
Low
24°F-4°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 50% of days
Daylight
11h 54mon average

Is March a good time to visit Nikko?

March sits outside Nikko's best months, which run from June to September. Expect chilly days and rain or snow on about four 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 41°F in March, against 34°F to 77°F through the year.Highs near 5°C in March, against 1°C to 25°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

50% of days in March, against 39% to 88% through the year.

Cloud cover

60% cover in March, against 58% to 71% through the year.

Daylight

11h 54m in March, against 9h 41m to 14h 38m 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. February34°1°low 18°low -8°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. March41°5°low 24°low -4°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. April53°12°low 34°low 1°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Nikko sits, in March

Asia/Tokyo
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
5:55 AMsets 5:49 PM
Above the sea
1,269 mupland
Latitude
36.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Karuizawa91 km south-west

The land around Nikko, 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 Nikko

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Nikko. 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 (1,269 m) against the climate model's (1,117 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 (1,269 m) against the climate model's (1,117 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.