Climate averages 1991–2020
Higashihiroshima weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Higashihiroshima: daytime highs average 9.7°C and nights cool to about 2.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 54 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kure (25 km away). In December its highs average 10.6°C, 0.9°C warmer than Higashihiroshima, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Higashihiroshima ranks joint 205th of 303 for the warmest December highs and 32nd of 303 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 303 cities is 9.5°C; Higashihiroshima is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 7.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 53 mm to 45 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Higashihiroshima climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.5°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 45 | 6.0 | 10.110 h |
| February | 8.6°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 59 | 8.0 | 10.911 h |
| March | 12.3°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 101 | 10.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.3°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 117 | 9.8 | 13.013 h |
| May | 21.7°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 134 | 9.8 | 13.914 h |
| June | 24.8°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 201 | 13.3 | 14.414 h |
| July | 28.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 225 | 14.4 | 14.214 h |
| August | 29.6°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 132 | 12.5 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.2°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 169 | 11.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.8°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 102 | 7.8 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.2°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 63 | 6.6 | 10.410 h |
| December, selected | 9.7°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 53 | 6.3 | 9.910 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Kure in DecemberJapan · 25 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 5.8°C · 61 mm rain
- Hiroshima in DecemberJapan · 26 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 3.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Mihara in DecemberJapan · 32 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 3.6°C · 50 mm rain
- Hatsukaichi in DecemberJapan · 38 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 4.0°C · 60 mm rain
- Onomichi in DecemberJapan · 42 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 3.8°C · 47 mm rain
- Imabari in DecemberJapan · 45 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 6.5°C · 79 mm rain
- Iwakuni in DecemberJapan · 55 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 5.1°C · 60 mm rain
- Fukuyama in DecemberJapan · 58 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 4.2°C · 47 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 Higashihiroshima) is explained once on the Higashihiroshima year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.