Barometric pressure in Sapporo
Pressure has been falling slowly for the past day. It is 3 hPa lower than this time yesterday. There is more to come: it falls until this afternoon.
Sea level reading, as of 00:00 local time.
The past week and the days ahead
The shaded part shows the days already gone. The thicker line is the forecast.
The week ahead
Each day at a glance: how far pressure moves, and the low and high it reaches.
Falls steadily through the day.
31° / 22°3.4 mmlow 1007 · high 1014 hPa
Barely moves all day.
25° / 20°4.7 mmlow 1007 · high 1010 hPa
Falls steadily through the day.
25° / 20°10.7 mmlow 1005 · high 1009 hPa
Edges up slowly through the day.
24° / 18°30.1 mmlow 1002 · high 1006 hPa
Rises quickly through the day.
23° / 16°1.2 mmlow 1006 · high 1013 hPa
Eases down slowly through the day.
22° / 13°low 1012 · high 1014 hPa
Falls quickly through the day.
21° / 16°3.8 mmlow 1004 · high 1011 hPa
Hour by hour
| Hour | Weather and temperature | Rain (mm) | Pressure (hPa) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 |  22° | 1014 | |
| 01:00 | 22° | 1014 | |
| 02:00 | 22° | 1013 | |
| 03:00 | 22° | 1012 | |
| 04:00 | 22° | 1012 | |
| 05:00 | 23° | 1012 | |
| 06:00 |  23° | 1012 | |
| 07:00 | 25° | 1011 | |
| 08:00 | 26° | 1010 | |
| 09:00 | 28° | 1010 | |
| 10:00 | 29° | 1009 | |
| 11:00 | 30° | 1009 | |
| 12:00 | 30° | 1008 | |
| 13:00 | 31° | 0.3 | 1008 |
| 14:00 | 31° | 0.3 | 1007 |
| 15:00 | 30° | 0.3 | 1007 |
| 16:00 | 29° | 0.4 | 1007 |
| 17:00 | 27° | 0.4 | 1007 |
| 18:00 | 26° | 0.4 | 1008 |
| 19:00 | 25° | 0.3 | 1008 |
| 20:00 | 25° | 0.3 | 1009 |
| 21:00 | 24° | 0.3 | 1009 |
| 22:00 | 24° | 0.2 | 1010 |
| 23:00 | 24° | 0.2 | 1010 |
Friday has the week's biggest move: up 7 hPa.
Pressure bottoms out near 1007 hPa this afternoon, and rises after that.
Sapporo sits 17 m above sea level, so a barometer in the city reads about 2 hPa lower than the sea-level figure. A home station set to the local reading should show about 1012 hPa as of 00:00.
The hours already past are the model's record of each hour as it passed, anchored to real observations, though not a reading from an instrument in Sapporo.
About Sapporo
Sapporo has three busy pressure seasons and one quiet one. Autumn, winter and spring each bring a solid share of the roughly 56 big daily swings a year, with November and January the two busiest months. Only summer is reliably calm. The average pressure peaks in October, near 1018 hPa, and is lowest in June, near 1009. About 13 days a year end up below 1000 hPa. In Hokkaido's snow country, that leaves the barometer with work to do in every season but one.
Sources: WikipediaERA5 reanalysisElevation: Copernicus DEM via Open-Meteo
Cities nearby
Open one to see its pressure, or search for your own city at the top of the page.
Is this weather normal for the season? See how these days compare with Sapporo weather since 1940, on our sister site 
weatherjourney.com.
Common questions
What is a normal barometric pressure?
Near 1013 hPa at sea level; the exact standard figure, 1013.25 hPa, is the same as 760 mmHg, 29.92 inHg or 101.3 kPa. Anything between roughly 1000 and 1025 hPa is ordinary. Which way it is going matters far more than the number itself.
Why does my own barometer show a different number?
Usually altitude, and sometimes the instrument itself. Weather services correct readings to what they would be at sea level, so that cities can be compared. The figure for Sapporo, which stands 17 m above sea level, is in the note above: about 2 hPa below the sea-level reading. If your barometer is already set to sea level and still reads slightly differently, that is the setting on the instrument rather than the weather.
Is a millibar the same as a hectopascal?
Yes. One millibar and one hectopascal are exactly the same amount of pressure, so 1013 mbar and 1013 hPa mean the same thing. The name changed; the number did not.
Does falling pressure mean rain?
Not by itself. Away from the tropics, falling pressure usually means a low is approaching, and lows carry the fronts that bring cloud and rain, so the two often arrive together. But a shallow fall can pass with nothing more than cloud, and rain falls under steady pressure too. The graph tells you a system is on the way, not how wet it will be. The week ahead, just above, shows the rain forecast beside the pressure.
