Sapporo weather by month & the best time to visit
🇯🇵 Japan · major coastal city · continental climate
The best time to visit Sapporo is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 73/100), with July and September close behind. Sapporo averages about 1,696 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 86 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,696
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 73/100
- Rain / year
- 1,206 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.8 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 24°C / 75°F
- Population
- 2.5M
- Elevation
- 21 m
When is the best time to visit Sapporo?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Sapporo is June, then July and September. The dullest month is January (0/100, 83 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Sapporo?
Sapporo isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,696 hours of sunshine a year. 73 Sunshine Score points separate June (73) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #47 of 79 destinations in Japan for annual sunshine, below the national median of 1,773 hours. The year's 1,206 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 | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -10° / 14°F | 83 mm | 1 | 4° / 39°F |
| February | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -10° / 14°F | 69 mm | 1 | 5° / 41°F |
| March | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -5° / 23°F | 64 mm | 3 | 3° / 37°F |
| April | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 1° / 34°F | 62 mm | 4 | 6° / 43°F |
| May | 55 | 17° / 63°F | 7° / 45°F | 79 mm | 5 | 10° / 50°F |
| June | 73 | 21° / 70°F | 12° / 54°F | 86 mm | 5 | 15° / 59°F |
| July | 65 | 25° / 77°F | 16° / 61°F | 127 mm | 5 | 21° / 70°F |
| August | 61 | 26° / 79°F | 17° / 63°F | 164 mm | 5 | 24° / 75°F |
| September | 63 | 22° / 72°F | 13° / 55°F | 137 mm | 5 | 22° / 72°F |
| October | 39 | 15° / 59°F | 6° / 43°F | 113 mm | 3 | 18° / 64°F |
| November | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 0° / 32°F | 113 mm | 1 | 14° / 57°F |
| December | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -7° / 19°F | 109 mm | 1 | 10° / 50°F |
Sea temperature in Sapporo by month
The sea off Sapporo is warmest in August at around 24°C / 75°F, and coolest in March at 3°C / 37°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 3 months a year. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Asahikawa Japan · 117 km · best in Jun · 1,633 h sun/yr
- Obihiro Japan · 125 km · best in Jul · 1,878 h sun/yr
- Hakodate Japan · 133 km · best in Jun · 1,408 h sun/yr
- Kushiro Japan · 206 km · best in Jul · 1,827 h sun/yr
- Misawa Japan · 232 km · best in Jun · 1,528 h sun/yr
- Kitami Japan · 235 km · best in Jul · 1,825 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Okushiri Japan · 201 km · 1,502 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Monbetsu Japan · 219 km · 1,598 h sun/yr · best in Sep
Head-to-head
How Sapporo compares month by month: Sapporo vs Asahikawa · Sapporo vs Hakodate · Sapporo vs Obihiro · all comparisons
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