Japan in March
March is Japan's 4th-best month (rank 4 of 12): its 32 destinations average 71/100, led by Furano at 82 — -1°C and 14 rainy days — while Ishigaki is warmer at 24°C and scores 74.
#4 of 12 months for Japan · 32 destinations · updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
🇯🇵 Japan, month by month
71/100 in MarchWhere in Japan in March
Comfort is SeasonMap's 0–100 score; each place is judged through the lens that suits it — beaches on beach weather, ski resorts on snow. "At its best" means March is one of that place's own top three months. Feels-like highs fold in humidity, wind and sun.
What's on in Japan in March
- Yabiji reef surfaces · Miyakojima · 1 Mar – 10 Apr (usually)
- Plum blossom at the castle · Osaka · 10 Feb – 15 Mar (usually)
- Cherry blossom · Osaka and 8 more places · 25 Mar – 10 Apr (usually)
- Plum blossom at Dazaifu · Fukuoka · 10 Feb – 15 Mar (usually)
- Kagoshima Marathon · Kagoshima · 1–10 Mar (usually)
- Cranes winter at Izumi · Kagoshima · 1 Nov – 25 Mar (usually)
- Omizutori · Nara · 1–14 Mar
- Plum blossom · Kyoto and 1 more place · 5 Feb – 10 Mar (usually)
Seasons in force
Peak crowds at 5 of Japan's 21 well-known places this month.