Asahikawa weather by month & the best time to visit

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The best time to visit Asahikawa is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 73/100), with July and September close behind. Asahikawa averages about 1,633 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 80 mm of rain in June.

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Sun hours / year

1,633

Sunniest month

June

Peak score

73/100

Rain / year

1,093 mm

Snow / year

≈3.5 m

Midday UV at peak

5 (moderate)

Population

357k

Elevation

209 m

When is the best time to visit Asahikawa?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Asahikawa is June, then July and September. The dullest month is January (0/100, 70 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Asahikawa?

Asahikawa isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,633 hours of sunshine a year. 73 Sunshine Score points separate June (73) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #58 of 79 destinations in Japan for annual sunshine, below the national median of 1,773 hours. The year's 1,093 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Sapporo Japan · 117 km · best in Jun · 1,696 h sun/yr
• Obihiro Japan · 121 km · best in Jul · 1,878 h sun/yr
• Kitami Japan · 140 km · best in Jul · 1,825 h sun/yr
• Kushiro Japan · 158 km · best in Jul · 1,827 h sun/yr
• Hakodate Japan · 250 km · best in Jun · 1,408 h sun/yr
• Misawa Japan · 342 km · best in Jun · 1,528 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Monbetsu Japan · 104 km · 1,598 h sun/yr · best in Sep
• Wakkanai Japan · 199 km · 1,513 h sun/yr · best in Aug

Head-to-head

How Asahikawa compares month by month: Asahikawa vs Sapporo · Asahikawa vs Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk · Asahikawa vs Kushiro · Asahikawa vs Obihiro · all comparisons