January Temperatures in Japan

Average temperatures for January at cities and towns throughout Japan are listed below in degrees Celsius and Fahrenheit.

The tables give the month's long-term historical averages for maximum and minimum temperatures based on weather data collected from 1981 to 2010.

You can jump to a separate table for each section of the country: Hokkaidō, Tōhoku, Kantō, Chūbu, Kansai, Chūgoku Shikoku, Kyūshū and Okinawa.

Hokkaidō

Average January temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
28	15	Abashiri	-2	-9
26	10	Asahikawa	-4	-12
33	21	Hakodate	1	-6
29	7	Obihiro	-2	-14
31	19	Sapporo	-1	-7
32	17	Tomakomai	0	-8
27	20	Wakkanai	-3	-7

Average daily temperatures in January
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
35	25	Aomori	2	-4
42	29	Fukushima	6	-2
47	31	Iwaki	8	-1
35	22	Morioka	2	-6
42	29	Sendai	5	-2

January temperatures: daily averages
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
50	35	Chiba	10	2
55	46	Hachijo-jima Island	13	8
48	31	Maebashi	9	-1
31	17	Nikko	0	-8
50	37	Tokyo	10	3
47	27	Utsunomiya	8	-3
50	36	Yokohama	10	2

Average January temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
44	34	Aikawa, Sado Island	6	1
48	33	Gifu	9	1
50	37	Hamamatsu	10	3
44	34	Kanazawa	7	1
38	25	Nagano	4	-4
48	33	Nagoya	9	1
42	32	Niigata	6	0
53	35	Shizuoka	12	2

Average January temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
49	32	Himeji	9	0
48	37	Kobe	9	3
48	34	Kyoto	9	1
48	32	Nara	9	0
49	37	Osaka	10	3
49	35	Tsu	9	2
49	37	Wakayama	10	3

Temperature averages for January
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
49	32	Fukuyama	9	0
49	35	Hiroshima	10	2
49	37	Kure	9	3
46	34	Matsue	8	1
48	34	Okayama	9	1
46	33	Tottori	8	1
49	32	Yamaguchi	9	0

Normal January temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
53	35	Kochi	12	2
50	36	Matsuyama	10	2
49	35	Takamatsu	9	2
50	37	Tokushima	10	3

January temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
50	38	Fukuoka	10	4
55	40	Kagoshima	13	5
51	34	Kumamoto	11	1
55	37	Miyazaki	13	3
51	39	Nagasaki	10	4
51	36	Oita	11	2
65	57	Wadomari, Okinoerabu Island	19	14
58	48	Yakushima Island Airport	14	9

Average January temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
69	61	Iriomote Island	20	16
70	62	Ishigaki Island	21	17
67	57	Kume	19	14
69	61	Miyakojima	20	16
67	56	Nago	19	14
67	58	Naha	20	15
69	62	Yonaguni Island	21	16