Obihiro weather by month & the best time to visit
🇯🇵 Japan · regional city · continental climate
The best time to visit Obihiro is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 64/100), with June and August close behind. Obihiro averages about 1,878 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 22°C / 72°F and roughly 140 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,878
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 64/100
- Rain / year
- 1,187 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.8 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 6 (high)
- Population
- 174k
- Elevation
- 148 m
When is the best time to visit Obihiro?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Obihiro is July, then June and August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 45 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Obihiro?
Obihiro gets a moderate 1,878 hours of sunshine a year. 64 Sunshine Score points separate July (64) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #16 of 79 destinations in Japan for annual sunshine, above the national median of 1,773 hours. The year's 1,187 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -10° / 14°F | 45 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -10° / 14°F | 42 mm | 2 |
| March | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -5° / 23°F | 61 mm | 3 |
| April | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 0° / 32°F | 79 mm | 4 |
| May | 35 | 14° / 57°F | 6° / 43°F | 108 mm | 5 |
| June | 62 | 19° / 66°F | 11° / 52°F | 117 mm | 5 |
| July | 64 | 22° / 72°F | 15° / 59°F | 140 mm | 6 |
| August | 62 | 24° / 75°F | 17° / 63°F | 161 mm | 6 |
| September | 62 | 20° / 68°F | 13° / 55°F | 151 mm | 5 |
| October | 34 | 14° / 57°F | 7° / 45°F | 123 mm | 3 |
| November | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 1° / 34°F | 89 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -6° / 21°F | 71 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Kushiro Japan · 87 km · best in Jul · 1,827 h sun/yr
- Asahikawa Japan · 121 km · best in Jun · 1,633 h sun/yr
- Sapporo Japan · 125 km · best in Jun · 1,696 h sun/yr
- Kitami Japan · 149 km · best in Jul · 1,825 h sun/yr
- Hakodate Japan · 224 km · best in Jun · 1,408 h sun/yr
- Misawa Japan · 273 km · best in Jun · 1,528 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Nakashibetsu Japan · 170 km · 1,826 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Monbetsu Japan · 175 km · 1,598 h sun/yr · best in Sep
Head-to-head
How Obihiro compares month by month: Obihiro vs Sapporo · Obihiro vs Asahikawa · Obihiro vs Kushiro · Obihiro vs Kitami · all comparisons
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