December Temperatures in Japan

Average temperatures for December at cities and towns throughout Japan are listed below in degrees Celsius and Fahrenheit.

You can jump to a separate table for each section of the country: Hokkaidō, Tōhoku, Kantō, Chūbu, Kansai, Chūgoku Shikoku, Kyūshū and Okinawa.

The tables give the month's long-term historical averages for maximum and minimum temperatures based on weather data collected from 1981 to 2010.

Hokkaidō

Average December temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
33	21	Abashiri	1	-6
31	18	Asahikawa	-1	-8
38	26	Hakodate	3	-4
34	16	Obihiro	1	-9
36	25	Sapporo	2	-4
37	22	Tomakomai	3	-5
32	24	Wakkanai	0	-4

Average daily temperatures in December
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
40	29	Aomori	5	-1
48	33	Fukushima	9	1
52	35	Iwaki	11	2
40	28	Morioka	5	-2
47	34	Sendai	8	1

December temperatures: daily averages
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
54	40	Chiba	12	4
60	49	Hachijo-jima Island	16	10
53	35	Maebashi	11	2
37	23	Nikko	3	-5
54	41	Tokyo	12	5
51	31	Utsunomiya	11	0
54	41	Yokohama	12	5

Average December temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
49	39	Aikawa, Sado Island	10	4
53	37	Gifu	12	3
55	41	Hamamatsu	13	5
50	38	Kanazawa	10	3
44	29	Nagano	7	-2
53	38	Nagoya	12	3
48	37	Niigata	9	3
57	39	Shizuoka	14	4

Average December temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
53	36	Himeji	12	2
53	42	Kobe	12	5
53	38	Kyoto	12	3
53	35	Nara	11	2
54	41	Osaka	12	5
53	40	Tsu	12	4
55	41	Wakayama	13	5

Temperature averages for December
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
54	35	Fukuyama	12	2
54	39	Hiroshima	12	4
54	40	Kure	12	5
52	38	Matsue	11	3
53	38	Okayama	12	3
52	38	Tottori	11	3
53	36	Yamaguchi	12	2

Normal December temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
58	39	Kochi	14	4
55	40	Matsuyama	13	5
54	39	Takamatsu	12	4
55	41	Tokushima	13	5

December temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
55	42	Fukuoka	13	6
60	44	Kagoshima	15	7
55	38	Kumamoto	13	3
59	40	Miyazaki	15	5
56	43	Nagasaki	13	6
55	39	Oita	13	4
69	61	Wadomari, Okinoerabu Island	20	16
62	51	Yakushima Island Airport	17	11

Average December temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
72	64	Iriomote Island	22	18
73	64	Ishigaki Island	23	18
70	61	Kume	21	16
72	64	Miyakojima	22	18
70	59	Nago	21	15
70	61	Naha	21	16
71	64	Yonaguni Island	22	18