Climate averages 1991–2020

Munakata 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.

Average high 11.0°C Daytime mean, December
Average low 5.3°C Night-time mean, December
Rainfall 66 mm 9 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Munakata · average highYear overview

December is a cool month in Munakata: daytime highs average 11.0°C and nights cool to about 5.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 57 min on an average December day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Iizuka (21 km away). In December its highs average 10.9°C, about as warm as Munakata, with 61 mm of rain.

Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Munakata ranks joint 68th of 303 for the warmest December highs and joint 134th of 303 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 303 cities is 9.5°C; Munakata is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.

From December to January, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 8.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 66 mm to 62 mm.

The annual picture

December in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 05101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Munakata climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Munakata, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 8.7°C3.2°C3.2°C629.910.210 h
February 9.9°C3.4°C3.4°C679.410.911 h
March 13.4°C5.9°C5.9°C10811.312.012 h
April 18.5°C10.1°C10.1°C11910.513.013 h
May 23.1°C14.8°C14.8°C1319.913.914 h
June 26.1°C19.3°C19.3°C25314.314.414 h
July 29.5°C23.6°C23.6°C24915.914.214 h
August 31.0°C24.7°C24.7°C15514.413.413 h
September 27.1°C21.1°C21.1°C17412.812.412 h
October 22.1°C15.6°C15.6°C947.611.411 h
November 16.6°C10.1°C10.1°C828.410.410 h
December, selected 11.0°C5.3°C5.3°C669.210.010 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

Distance from Munakata

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Munakata) is explained once on the Munakata year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.