Climate averages 1991–2020
Maizuru 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 Maizuru: daytime highs average 10.1°C and nights cool to about 3.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 49 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fukuchiyama (26 km away). In December its highs average 9.9°C, about as warm as Maizuru, with 72 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Maizuru ranks joint 169th of 303 for the warmest December highs and joint 225th of 303 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 303 cities is 9.5°C; Maizuru is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.6°C to 7.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 82 mm to 83 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
Maizuru climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.5°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 83 | 16.3 | 10.110 h |
| February | 8.2°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 77 | 13.9 | 10.911 h |
| March | 11.9°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 117 | 14.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.4°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 118 | 11.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.2°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 152 | 11.9 | 14.014 h |
| June | 25.5°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 182 | 14.0 | 14.515 h |
| July | 29.2°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 221 | 16.9 | 14.314 h |
| August | 30.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 147 | 13.4 | 13.513 h |
| September | 26.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 195 | 13.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.8°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 142 | 10.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.5°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 84 | 10.7 | 10.310 h |
| December, selected | 10.1°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 82 | 14.0 | 9.810 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
- Fukuchiyama in DecemberJapan · 26 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 2.0°C · 72 mm rain
- Toyooka in DecemberJapan · 48 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 3.2°C · 107 mm rain
- Kameoka in DecemberJapan · 55 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 1.9°C · 66 mm rain
- Kyoto in DecemberJapan · 61 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 2.3°C · 65 mm rain
- Sandachō in DecemberJapan · 64 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 2.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Kōtari in DecemberJapan · 68 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 2.4°C · 65 mm rain
- Ōtsu in DecemberJapan · 70 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 1.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Takarazuka in DecemberJapan · 72 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 3.6°C · 66 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 Maizuru) is explained once on the Maizuru year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.