Kyushu in March: weather, what to wear and what's on

Averages for 1991–2020 from the JMA station in each place. Tap a heading to sort.

• The most wet days (1 mm or more of rain or snow) are in Kagoshima (11.9 days), the fewest in Oita (9.0 days).
• Precipitation ranges from 99.2 mm in Oita to 161.0 mm in Kagoshima.
• Miyazaki gets the most sunshine (186 hours in the month) and Yufuin the least (151 hours).
• Fukuoka, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Kagoshima, Oita, Miyazaki and Saga are warmer than Tokyo (14.2°C) in March; the rest are colder.

Average high and low for each ten days of March (JMA ten-day normals, 1991–2020).

In Fukuoka, the average high is 13.4°C in the first ten days of March, 15.3°C in the middle ten and 16.2°C in the last ten.

Every place here is at least 2°C warmer by the end of March than at the start.

How we choose: from the JMA's average high and low for March, by our own rules.

In March the clothing level runs from Chilly in Oita and Yufuin to Cool in Fukuoka, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Kagoshima, Miyazaki and Saga, so pack for the coldest place on your route.

• Gloves and a warm hat: frost on 10 nights or more in Yufuin.

• Our clothing rules

The first cherry blossom in Kyushu in an average year is in Fukuoka on 22 March.

Dates are for one sample tree at or near the JMA observatory, not for every park in the city.

National holidays in March 2027:

• Sun 21 March — Vernal Equinox Day
• Mon 22 March — Substitute holiday

• Sat 20 March to Mon 22 March: 3 days off in a row

• Holidays in March

One place in March

• Fukuoka in March
• Nagasaki in March
• Kumamoto in March
• Kagoshima in March

Kyushu in other months

• Kyushu in January
• Kyushu in February
• Kyushu in April
• Kyushu in November
• Kyushu in December
• Kyushu by month

Other regions in March

• Hokkaido in March
• Shikoku in March
• Tohoku in March
• Japan in March