Climate averages 1991–2020
Shizuoka weather
in December.
A cool, 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 cool month in Shizuoka: daytime highs average 11.9°C and nights cool to about 5.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 91 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 51 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fujieda (17 km away). In December its highs average 11.7°C, about as warm as Shizuoka, with 86 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Shizuoka ranks joint 19th of 303 for the warmest December highs and 251st of 303 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 303 cities is 9.5°C; Shizuoka is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 9.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 91 mm to 94 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
Shizuoka climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.6°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 94 | 8.4 | 10.110 h |
| February | 10.3°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 120 | 9.4 | 10.911 h |
| March | 13.2°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 211 | 14.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.2°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 225 | 13.6 | 13.013 h |
| May | 21.1°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 234 | 13.9 | 14.014 h |
| June | 23.9°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 291 | 17.2 | 14.514 h |
| July | 27.5°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 323 | 18.5 | 14.314 h |
| August | 28.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 191 | 16.3 | 13.513 h |
| September | 25.8°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 277 | 16.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.4°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 247 | 14.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 16.7°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 150 | 11.4 | 10.410 h |
| December, selected | 11.9°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 91 | 8.3 | 9.910 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
- Fujieda in DecemberJapan · 17 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 5.9°C · 86 mm rain
- Shimada in DecemberJapan · 26 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 5.6°C · 86 mm rain
- Fujinomiya in DecemberJapan · 34 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 3.9°C · 107 mm rain
- Fuji, Japan in DecemberJapan · 34 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 5.0°C · 101 mm rain
- Kakegawa in DecemberJapan · 41 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 4.6°C · 76 mm rain
- Numazu in DecemberJapan · 46 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 5.9°C · 89 mm rain
- Fukuroi in DecemberJapan · 50 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 4.0°C · 76 mm rain
- Iwata in DecemberJapan · 58 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 4.2°C · 71 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 Shizuoka) is explained once on the Shizuoka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.