Best time to visit Sapporo and Hokkaido
Our pick for sun: July to August.
The best months
- SunJuly to August
- CityMay to September
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The twelve months at a glance
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Best avoided, 20/100 | Best avoided, 20/100 | Best avoided, 20/100 | Best avoided, 20/100 | Best avoided, 20/100 | Fair, 52/100 | Good, 61/100 | Good, 66/100 | Fair, 52/100 | Best avoided, 20/100 | Best avoided, 20/100 | Best avoided, 10/100, Heavy rain |
| City | Best avoided, 20/100 | Best avoided, 20/100 | Best avoided, 20/100 | Fair, 43/100 | Good, 63/100 | Good, 71/100 | Good, 65/100 | Good, 65/100 | Good, 65/100 | Fair, 53/100 | Best avoided, 29/100 | Best avoided, 10/100, Heavy rain |
- Ideal
- Good
- Fair
- Best avoided
- Risk flagged
Temperatures and rain
See the month-by-month values
| Month | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3°C | -10°C | 70 mm |
| February | -2°C | -9°C | 62 mm |
| March | 2°C | -6°C | 74 mm |
| April | 9°C | 1°C | 77 mm |
| May | 15°C | 7°C | 97 mm |
| June | 19°C | 12°C | 95 mm |
| July | 23°C | 16°C | 144 mm |
| August | 24°C | 18°C | 197 mm |
| September | 20°C | 13°C | 161 mm |
| October | 14°C | 6°C | 105 mm |
| November | 6°C | 0°C | 98 mm |
| December | -1°C | -6°C | 91 mm |
Estimated flight time
- From YUL : about 11 h 55 min
- From YYZ : about 11 h 55 min
- From YVR : about 9 h
Estimate of a nonstop flight computed from the distance: not a schedule. Connections lengthen the trip.
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Where this data comes from
Temperatures, sunshine and rain: monthly normals we computed over 1991-2020. These are estimates from a climate reanalysis, not station readings.
- ERA5 reanalysis-era5-single-levels-timeseries (C3S, CC-BY)
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5, 2026, CC BY 4.0 licence). Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains. Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 (Huang et al., 2021, J. Climate 34, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0166.1).