Climate averages 1991–2020
Kushiro weather
in December.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Kushiro: daytime highs average 1.2°C and nights cool to about -4.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 71 mm of precipitation on roughly 8 days, which makes December a month with moderate precipitation (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 05 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Obihiro (95 km away). In December its highs average -0.8°C, 2.0°C cooler than Kushiro, with 68 mm of precipitation.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Kushiro ranks 292nd of 303 for the warmest December highs and joint 182nd of 303 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 303 cities is 9.5°C; Kushiro is 8.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 3.1°C to -1.8°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 71 mm to 51 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
Kushiro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.8°C-8.2°C | -8.2°C | 51 | 6.3 | 9.49 h |
| February | -1.8°C-9.2°C | -9.2°C | 38 | 6.2 | 10.510 h |
| March | 1.7°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 68 | 8.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 6.8°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 85 | 9.4 | 13.413 h |
| May | 11.1°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 105 | 10.5 | 14.615 h |
| June | 14.3°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 85 | 9.3 | 15.315 h |
| July | 18.1°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 125 | 10.7 | 15.015 h |
| August | 20.3°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 147 | 12.1 | 13.914 h |
| September | 18.6°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 160 | 11.5 | 12.513 h |
| October | 13.9°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 118 | 9.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 7.7°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 75 | 8.6 | 9.810 h |
| December, selected | 1.2°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 71 | 8.2 | 9.19 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
- Obihiro in DecemberJapan · 95 kmHigh -0.8°C · Low -10.6°C · 68 mm precipitation
- Kitami in DecemberJapan · 100 kmHigh -1.3°C · Low -9.8°C · 71 mm precipitation
- Asahikawa in DecemberJapan · 185 kmHigh -3.0°C · Low -10.1°C · 83 mm precipitation
- Iwamizawa in DecemberJapan · 214 kmHigh -0.8°C · Low -8.0°C · 69 mm precipitation
- Chitose in DecemberJapan · 222 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -5.6°C · 54 mm precipitation
- Eniwa in DecemberJapan · 228 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -6.5°C · 62 mm precipitation
- Tomakomai in DecemberJapan · 229 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -4.2°C · 63 mm precipitation
- Ebetsu in DecemberJapan · 230 kmHigh -0.9°C · Low -7.1°C · 62 mm precipitation
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 Kushiro) is explained once on the Kushiro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.