Climate averages 1991–2020
Matsue weather
in December.
A cool, 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 cool month in Matsue: daytime highs average 10.4°C and nights cool to about 6.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 182 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 10th 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 Yonago (26 km away). In December its highs average 9.9°C, 0.5°C cooler than Matsue, with 198 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Matsue ranks joint 134th of 303 for the warmest December highs and joint 284th of 303 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 303 cities is 9.5°C; Matsue is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 7.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 182 mm to 177 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
Matsue climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.7°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 177 | 22.5 | 10.110 h |
| February | 8.2°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 133 | 17.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 11.0°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 134 | 15.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.4°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 108 | 10.8 | 13.113 h |
| May | 19.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 120 | 9.9 | 14.014 h |
| June | 22.8°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 145 | 11.3 | 14.515 h |
| July | 26.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 184 | 13.3 | 14.314 h |
| August | 28.1°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 123 | 11.4 | 13.513 h |
| September | 24.7°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 184 | 13.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 114 | 11.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.4°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 120 | 14.6 | 10.310 h |
| December, selected | 10.4°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 182 | 20.7 | 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
- Yonago in DecemberJapan · 26 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 5.0°C · 198 mm rain
- Izumo in DecemberJapan · 29 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 6.0°C · 103 mm rain
- Tsuyama in DecemberJapan · 99 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 1.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Tottori-shi in DecemberJapan · 107 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 5.2°C · 152 mm rain
- Fukuyama in DecemberJapan · 115 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 4.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Onomichi in DecemberJapan · 119 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 3.8°C · 47 mm rain
- Kurashiki in DecemberJapan · 119 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 4.8°C · 55 mm rain
- Mihara in DecemberJapan · 120 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 3.6°C · 50 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 Matsue) is explained once on the Matsue year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.