New Chitose Airport

RJCC · Hokkaido, Japan

Climate New Chitose Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of New Chitose Airport (RJCC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 79.6 63 90 68 83 88
February 77.9 73 70 72 82 82
March 77.7 75 65 80 80 82
April 81.6 60 75 93 87 86
May 75.4 83 72 69 73
June 62.7 64 52 68 60
July 52.8 65 61 47 42
August 59.4 58 57 72 63
September 80.9 73 70 89 73
October 86.4 87 83 85 90
November 88.6 84 90 92 90
December 87.3 83 87 85 92
Average 74.4 67.6 73.9 72.2 76.9 75.0

61st best VFR conditions of Japan

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 86.6 75 97 79 89 90
February 84.7 80 75 78 92 88
March 87.4 80 79 84 90 92
April 90.9 76 87 95 95 97
May 86.3 90 81 88 84
June 80.3 74 78 85 82
July 73.5 83 82 75 70
August 82.5 83 82 82 85
September 92.4 94 86 94 91
October 95.1 99 95 96 97
November 95.9 95 94 99 95
December 93.3 90 91 94 96
Average 86.2 77.7 86.4 84.7 89.1 88.1

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -2.9 0 -2 -2 -1 -1
February -1.6 0 0 0 0 0
March 5.1 3 8 4 6 6
April 11.9 14 13 13 12 11
May 17.1 17 17 16 17
June 19.9 21 19 21 21
July 24.0 26 25 25 23
August 24.9 29 24 25 26
September 22.5 24 23 22 23
October 16.1 17 16 16 16
November 9.3 10 11 10 10
December 1.4 2 1 2 1
Average 11.6 4.1 13.7 13.0 13.0 12.6

70th highest temperature of Japan

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -12.4 -9 -13 -13 -14 -10
February -11.6 -9 -11 -12 -9 -9
March -4.8 -6 -1 -4 -2 -2
April 2.2 5 4 2 2 1
May 7.6 7 8 8 7
June 12.5 14 13 13 13
July 17.8 19 19 19 17
August 18.2 23 18 18 18
September 13.7 17 14 13 16
October 5.9 7 6 6 6
November -1.9 1 1 1 1
December -9.7 -7 -9 -9 -9
Average 2.7 -5.1 4.9 4.1 3.8 4.0

1st lowest temperature of Japan

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 32.2 38 17 48 30 33
February 31.9 33 38 39 32 31
March 22.4 26 24 30 16 19
April 17.5 17 23 4 19 24
May 16.2 12 21 17 16
June 19.6 20 25 10 22
July 20.0 15 15 16 22
August 24.1 19 28 23 17
September 16.1 23 19 12 19
October 19.7 22 21 20 18
November 21.7 28 17 21 24
December 26.0 21 28 25 25
Average 22.5 27.8 21.6 24.1 19.6 22.1

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.2 9 8 8 8 9
February 8.8 11 9 8 9 8
March 11.2 12 13 10 12 11
April 12.8 14 13 13 14 13
May 12.4 13 15 13 11
June 11.2 12 12 11 11
July 10.0 10 10 11 10
August 10.0 11 11 10 10
September 9.8 9 10 11 10
October 9.6 10 10 9 9
November 9.4 10 10 9 9
December 7.8 8 8 8 7
Average 10.3 11.3 10.5 10.5 10.6 9.9

70th highest wind speed of Japan

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 326° 327° 329° 307° 338°
February 347° 314° 329° 275° 350°
March 332° 181° 335° 323° 291°
April 218° 248° 206° 295° 199°
May 166° 178° 204° 174°
June 176° 165° 167° 177°
July 171° 173° 169° 175°
August 170° 164° 176° 169°
September 163° 162° 163° 164°
October 254° 196° 236° 189°
November 231° 173° 248° 251°
December 251° 250° 278° 290°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.