Climate averages 1991–2020
Akita weather
in December.
A cold, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Akita: daytime highs average 4.6°C and nights cool to about 0.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 199 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 25 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yurihonjō (37 km away). In December its highs average 4.9°C, about as warm as Akita, with 250 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Akita ranks 280th of 303 for the warmest December highs and 289th of 303 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 303 cities is 9.5°C; Akita is 4.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 3.1°C to 1.6°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 199 mm to 164 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Akita climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.6°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 164 | 25.6 | 9.710 h |
| February | 2.2°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 123 | 21.2 | 10.711 h |
| March | 6.0°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 119 | 18.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 11.9°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 111 | 14.0 | 13.213 h |
| May | 17.2°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 130 | 13.4 | 14.314 h |
| June | 21.4°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 136 | 11.8 | 14.915 h |
| July | 24.8°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 223 | 15.7 | 14.715 h |
| August | 26.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 203 | 14.8 | 13.714 h |
| September | 23.0°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 190 | 15.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.1°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 179 | 15.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.7°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 183 | 20.1 | 10.010 h |
| December, selected | 4.6°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 199 | 24.7 | 9.49 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Yurihonjō in DecemberJapan · 37 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low 0.4°C · 250 mm rain
- Daisen in DecemberJapan · 44 kmHigh 3.7°C · Low -2.7°C · 130 mm rain
- Yokote in DecemberJapan · 58 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -2.9°C · 133 mm rain
- Morioka in DecemberJapan · 88 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -4.5°C · 77 mm rain
- Sakata in DecemberJapan · 92 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low 1.0°C · 216 mm rain
- Hanamaki in DecemberJapan · 93 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -3.5°C · 98 mm rain
- Kitakami in DecemberJapan · 98 kmHigh 3.7°C · Low -3.0°C · 86 mm rain
- Hirosaki in DecemberJapan · 102 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -4.2°C · 106 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Akita) is explained once on the Akita year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.