The tables below give monthly averages for snowfall during December at cities and towns in Japan. Each place has a total for the amount of snow it normally gets and for the number of days with snow on the ground.
You can jump to a separate table for each section of the country: Hokkaidō, Tōhoku, Kantō, Chūbu, Kansai, Chūgoku Shikoku, Kyūshū and Okinawa.
These snowfall statistics are long-term historical averages of weather data collected from 1981 to 2010.
Hokkaidō
Average total snowfall in December
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Centimetres |
| 27 |
Abashiri |
33.5 |
85 |
| 30 |
Asahikawa |
74.4 |
189 |
| 23 |
Hakodate |
33.9 |
86 |
| 23 |
Obihiro |
18.5 |
47 |
| 28 |
Sapporo |
52.0 |
132 |
| 14 |
Tomakomai |
10.6 |
27 |
| 29 |
Wakkanai |
63.0 |
160 |
Tōhoku
December snowfall averages
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Centimetres |
| 24 |
Aomori |
60.2 |
153 |
| 7 |
Fukushima |
11.0 |
28 |
| 16 |
Morioka |
20.9 |
53 |
| 5 |
Sendai |
3.5 |
9 |
Kantō
Average snow for December
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Centimetres |
| 0 |
Chiba |
0.0 |
0 |
| 1 |
Maebashi |
0.8 |
2 |
| 12 |
Nikko |
24.4 |
62 |
| 0 |
Tokyo |
0.0 |
0 |
| 1 |
Utsunomiya |
1.2 |
3 |
| 0 |
Yokohama |
0.0 |
0 |
Chūbu
Average total snowfall in December
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Centimetres |
| 3 |
Aikawa, Sado Island |
5.9 |
15 |
| 2 |
Gifu |
3.5 |
9 |
| 7 |
Kanazawa |
14.6 |
37 |
| 11 |
Nagano |
17.7 |
45 |
| 1 |
Nagoya |
1.2 |
3 |
| 9 |
Niigata |
11.8 |
30 |
| 0 |
Shizuoka |
0.0 |
0 |
Kansai
Average total snowfall in December
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Centimetres |
| 0 |
Kobe |
0.0 |
0 |
| 1 |
Kyoto |
1.6 |
4 |
| 1 |
Nara |
0.4 |
1 |
| 0 |
Osaka |
0.0 |
0 |
| 0 |
Tsu |
0.4 |
1 |
| 0 |
Wakayama |
0.0 |
0 |
Chūgoku
December snowfall averages
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Centimetres |
| 1 |
Hiroshima |
1.2 |
3 |
| 4 |
Matsue |
6.3 |
16 |
| 0 |
Okayama |
0.0 |
0 |
| 7 |
Tottori |
14.6 |
37 |
| 1 |
Yamaguchi |
1.2 |
3 |
Shikoku
Amount of snowfall in December
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Centimetres |
| 0 |
Kochi |
0.0 |
0 |
| 0 |
Matsuyama |
0.0 |
0 |
| 0 |
Takamatsu |
0.0 |
0 |
| 0 |
Tokushima |
0.0 |
0 |
Kyūshū
Average December snowfall
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Centimetres |
| 1 |
Fukuoka |
0.0 |
0 |
| 0 |
Kagoshima |
0.4 |
1 |
| 0 |
Kumamoto |
0.0 |
0 |
| 0 |
Miyazaki |
0.0 |
0 |
| 0 |
Nagasaki |
0.4 |
1 |
| 0 |
Oita |
0.0 |
0 |
Okinawa
Snowfall in December
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Centimetres |
| 0 |
Ishigaki Island |
0.0 |
0 |
| 0 |
Miyakojima |
0.0 |
0 |
| 0 |
Naha |
0.0 |
0 |