Climate averages 1991–2020
Saku weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Saku: daytime highs average 6.9°C and nights cool to about -1.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 45 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ueda (27 km away). In December its highs average 6.7°C, about as warm as Saku, with 88 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Saku ranks joint 259th of 303 for the warmest December highs and 8th of 303 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 303 cities is 9.5°C; Saku is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 3.1°C to 3.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 48 mm to 55 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
Saku climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.9°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 55 | 7.6 | 10.010 h |
| February | 4.8°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 58 | 8.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 9.0°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 99 | 11.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.6°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 102 | 12.3 | 13.113 h |
| May | 20.6°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 131 | 14.9 | 14.114 h |
| June | 23.4°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 197 | 19.8 | 14.615 h |
| July | 27.0°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 220 | 21.6 | 14.414 h |
| August | 27.8°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 174 | 21.5 | 13.514 h |
| September | 23.7°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 187 | 17.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 18.1°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 161 | 12.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 12.7°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 64 | 7.8 | 10.310 h |
| December, selected | 6.9°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 48 | 7.9 | 9.710 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
- Ueda in DecemberJapan · 27 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -1.4°C · 88 mm rain
- Matsumoto in DecemberJapan · 46 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -3.4°C · 107 mm rain
- Takasaki in DecemberJapan · 50 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 0.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Azumino in DecemberJapan · 54 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -3.8°C · 107 mm rain
- Shibukawa in DecemberJapan · 55 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 0.4°C · 59 mm rain
- Nagano in DecemberJapan · 55 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -2.3°C · 138 mm rain
- Maebashi in DecemberJapan · 57 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 0.4°C · 59 mm rain
- Kai in DecemberJapan · 59 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 1.2°C · 60 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 Saku) is explained once on the Saku year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.