Climate averages 1991–2020
Kirishima 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 Kirishima: daytime highs average 13.4°C and nights cool to about 5.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 07 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aira (17 km away). In December its highs average 12.7°C, 0.7°C cooler than Kirishima, with 87 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Kirishima ranks 7th of 303 for the warmest December highs and joint 220th of 303 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 303 cities is 9.5°C; Kirishima is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 11.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 81 mm to 80 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
Kirishima climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.2°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 80 | 8.3 | 10.310 h |
| February | 12.7°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 104 | 9.1 | 11.011 h |
| March | 16.1°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 157 | 12.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.6°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 181 | 11.8 | 12.913 h |
| May | 24.5°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 205 | 11.7 | 13.814 h |
| June | 26.7°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 488 | 19.9 | 14.214 h |
| July | 30.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 299 | 19.3 | 14.014 h |
| August | 31.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 174 | 18.3 | 13.313 h |
| September | 28.7°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 202 | 15.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.2°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 114 | 9.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.8°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 107 | 8.2 | 10.611 h |
| December, selected | 13.4°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 81 | 7.1 | 10.110 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
- Aira in DecemberJapan · 17 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 5.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Kagoshima in DecemberJapan · 28 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 8.0°C · 85 mm rain
- Miyakonojō in DecemberJapan · 29 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 5.1°C · 81 mm rain
- Kanoya in DecemberJapan · 41 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 7.3°C · 83 mm rain
- Sendai, Japan in DecemberJapan · 45 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 8.9°C · 102 mm rain
- Miyazaki in DecemberJapan · 65 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 7.4°C · 80 mm rain
- Honmachi in DecemberJapan · 86 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 5.1°C · 83 mm rain
- Amakusa in DecemberJapan · 96 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 7.5°C · 81 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 Kirishima) is explained once on the Kirishima year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.