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📅 Mid-August
Family visits and domestic travel increase, which can make transport and popular destinations busier.
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Sapporo Weather in August
SummerAugust in Sapporo is usually warm by day and mild at night, with 2016–2025 average highs around 26°C (78°F) and lows near 19°C (65°F). The 10-year average shows around 16 rainy days and about 183 mm of monthly precipitation, so rain is fairly common.
Avg high78.4°F 25.8°CAvg low65.4°F 18.5°CRainy days~15.9 daysMonthly rain182.6 mm
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What to wear in Sapporo in August
For what to wear in Sapporo in August, light daytime clothing is usually comfortable, but add a thin cardigan or light jacket for evenings. Add a compact umbrella or light rain jacket because wet weather is common enough to affect sightseeing.
Travel takeaway: The month can be a practical time to visit when your packing matches the daytime-to-evening temperature change.
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Sapporo: 12-month travel weather
Sapporo has a long snowy winter and a relatively mild summer. It is less affected by Japan’s main rainy season than cities farther south.
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Monthly labels summarize typical climate patterns for trip planning. Always check the latest forecast and tropical-storm alerts before departure.
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Sapporo Snow Festival
📅 About one week in early February each year
Large snow and ice sculptures and night illuminations fill Odori Park and Susukino during Sapporo’s signature winter event.
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Sapporo in August · recent 3 years
Compare the most recent complete year with the two years before it. Daily high / low temperatures are shown in °F.
CalendarNo measurable rain🌧️ Rain⛈️ Thunderstorm❄️ SnowHigh / Low · °F
⭐ August 2025 · latest complete year☔ 18 days · 119.8 mm
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
28.8°C/21.8°C
No rain
2
30.4°C/23.2°C
🌧️ 3.8 mm
3
31.4°C/22.9°C
No rain
4
28.3°C/22.3°C
No rain
5
27.9°C/22.8°C
🌧️ 9.4 mm
6
27.7°C/20.3°C
🌧️ 5 mm
7
26.1°C/21.1°C
🌧️ 16.1 mm
8
24.8°C/20.4°C
🌧️ 4.8 mm
9
25.2°C/18.7°C
No rain
10
25.5°C/19°C
🌧️ 3 mm
11
29.3°C/18.1°C
🌧️ 4.5 mm
12
29°C/19.5°C
No rain
13
28.7°C/19.3°C
No rain
14
27.7°C/20.2°C
No rain
15
28.6°C/19.2°C
🌧️ 1.4 mm
16
32.5°C/16.3°C
No rain
17
26°C/20.7°C
🌧️ 9.1 mm
18
28.2°C/17.9°C
No rain
19
27.2°C/18.2°C
🌧️ 21.9 mm
20
30°C/19.2°C
🌧️ 1.4 mm
21
25.5°C/18.4°C
No rain
22
26.1°C/16.9°C
🌧️ 6.1 mm
23
28.9°C/20.6°C
🌧️ 12.2 mm
24
28.1°C/19.9°C
No rain
25
27.1°C/21.2°C
No rain
26
27.5°C/21.5°C
🌧️ 1.9 mm
27
27.8°C/19.1°C
🌧️ 9.8 mm
28
24°C/18.2°C
🌧️ 3.3 mm
29
23°C/18.6°C
🌧️ 2.4 mm
30
22.6°C/19.1°C
🌧️ 1.7 mm
31
26.4°C/16°C
No rain
August 2024☔ 19 days · 151.2 mm
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
27.1°C/17.5°C
🌧️ 1.5 mm
2
26.9°C/20.8°C
No rain
3
27.4°C/21.1°C
🌧️ 2.1 mm
4
22.9°C/18.9°C
🌧️ 2.2 mm
5
22.4°C/18.3°C
No rain
6
26.2°C/18.2°C
No rain
7
30.3°C/22.1°C
🌧️ 2.3 mm
8
28.7°C/21.4°C
🌧️ 9 mm
9
27.7°C/21.5°C
🌧️ 5.2 mm
10
27.4°C/20.2°C
No rain
11
28.4°C/18.6°C
No rain
12
32.5°C/20.6°C
🌧️ 1.4 mm
13
28.2°C/24.4°C
🌧️ 5.1 mm
14
28°C/23.9°C
🌧️ 19.2 mm
15
26.2°C/20.6°C
No rain
16
27.5°C/20.8°C
🌧️ 1.4 mm
17
25.6°C/20.9°C
🌧️ 1.7 mm
18
24.5°C/19.5°C
No rain
19
26.6°C/17.7°C
🌧️ 3.6 mm
20
23.7°C/18.7°C
🌧️ 4 mm
21
26.6°C/17.8°C
No rain
22
25.2°C/18.6°C
🌧️ 18.6 mm
23
30.9°C/23.1°C
🌧️ 2.8 mm
24
27.5°C/20.6°C
No rain
25
26.7°C/16.5°C
No rain
26
27.3°C/20.9°C
No rain
27
25°C/20°C
🌧️ 48.9 mm
28
26.1°C/19.1°C
🌧️ 1.2 mm
29
28.3°C/18.5°C
No rain
30
28°C/20.8°C
🌧️ 5 mm
31
26.1°C/18.2°C
🌧️ 13.9 mm
August 2023☔ 16 days · 146.6 mm
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
28.9°C/20.7°C
No rain
2
33.3°C/20.7°C
No rain
3
28.1°C/22.3°C
🌧️ 4.6 mm
4
30.7°C/22.8°C
🌧️ 10.8 mm
5
29.9°C/22.3°C
🌧️ 14.7 mm
6
23.4°C/20.7°C
🌧️ 14.2 mm
7
25.5°C/19.1°C
No rain
8
26°C/21.6°C
🌧️ 3.6 mm
9
29.4°C/23.4°C
🌧️ 2.8 mm
10
29.8°C/24.2°C
No rain
11
30°C/23.2°C
No rain
12
30.8°C/20.8°C
No rain
13
29.6°C/21.9°C
No rain
14
28.1°C/22.1°C
🌧️ 1.5 mm
15
27°C/19.3°C
🌧️ 13.1 mm
16
27.1°C/22.1°C
🌧️ 1 mm
17
29.7°C/23.8°C
🌧️ 2 mm
18
29.7°C/19°C
No rain
19
29.2°C/20.8°C
🌧️ 1 mm
20
28.8°C/22.4°C
🌧️ 9.7 mm
21
30.1°C/23°C
🌧️ 1 mm
22
30.4°C/23.6°C
No rain
23
33.3°C/24.6°C
No rain
24
33°C/24.2°C
No rain
25
32.6°C/23.3°C
🌧️ 7.7 mm
26
33.2°C/24.4°C
No rain
27
28.4°C/21.8°C
🌧️ 51.3 mm
28
27.2°C/21.4°C
🌧️ 1.2 mm
29
27°C/18.6°C
No rain
30
24.9°C/22°C
No rain
31
28.9°C/22.7°C
No rain
Historical calendars use Open-Meteo reanalysis data. A rainy day is counted when daily precipitation is at least 1 mm. Conditions at a specific hotel, beach or station can differ.
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