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Otaru in February

Cold and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

February in Otaru is cold: highs near 32°F, lows near 21°F. Rain or snow falls on about five days a week, and the days lengthen by 54 minutes from the first week to the last.February in Otaru is cold: highs near 0°C, lows near -6°C. Rain or snow falls on about five days a week, and the days lengthen by 54 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
32°F0°Caverage
Low
21°F-6°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 78% of days
Daylight
10h 27mon average

Is February a good time to visit Otaru?

February sits outside Otaru's best months, which run from June to September. Expect cold days and rain or snow on about five 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 February sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 32°F in February, against 32°F to 80°F through the year.Highs near 0°C in February, against 0°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

78% of days in February, against 40% to 81% through the year.

Cloud cover

74% cover in February, against 43% to 75% through the year.

Daylight

10h 27m in February, against 9h 02m to 15h 19m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. January32°0°low 22°low -6°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  2. February32°0°low 21°low -6°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. March38°3°low 26°low -3°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Otaru sits, in February

Asia/Tokyo
this place
typical high in February 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-February
6:35 AMsets 5:05 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
43.2°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Kiroro13 km south

The land around Otaru, shaded by its typical high in February, 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 February

high · low · wet days
See February on the planning mapThe whole year in Otaru

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 8 km west of Otaru. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. 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 (0 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 (0 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.