Climate averages 1991–2020
Tanabe weather
in December.
A cool, 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 Tanabe: daytime highs average 12.5°C and nights cool to about 7.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 97 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 58 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Minato (57 km away). In December its highs average 11.1°C, 1.4°C cooler than Tanabe, with 86 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Tanabe ranks joint 12th of 303 for the warmest December highs and 259th of 303 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 303 cities is 9.5°C; Tanabe is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 10.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 97 mm to 95 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
Tanabe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.0°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 95 | 11.7 | 10.210 h |
| February | 10.8°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 106 | 11.3 | 11.011 h |
| March | 14.0°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 151 | 12.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 18.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 158 | 11.1 | 13.013 h |
| May | 22.1°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 176 | 11.0 | 13.914 h |
| June | 24.9°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 293 | 15.4 | 14.414 h |
| July | 28.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 246 | 14.4 | 14.214 h |
| August | 29.6°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 146 | 13.3 | 13.413 h |
| September | 27.1°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 215 | 13.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.5°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 217 | 11.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 17.6°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 127 | 8.8 | 10.410 h |
| December, selected | 12.5°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 97 | 10.1 | 10.010 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
- Minato in DecemberJapan · 57 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 5.3°C · 86 mm rain
- Anan in DecemberJapan · 69 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 7.6°C · 84 mm rain
- Izumisano in DecemberJapan · 76 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 3.2°C · 69 mm rain
- Kawachi-Nagano in DecemberJapan · 81 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 1.6°C · 68 mm rain
- Kishiwada in DecemberJapan · 82 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 2.3°C · 69 mm rain
- Tokushima in DecemberJapan · 83 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 5.8°C · 81 mm rain
- Tondabayashichō in DecemberJapan · 88 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 1.8°C · 68 mm rain
- Kashiba in DecemberJapan · 95 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 1.5°C · 70 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 Tanabe) is explained once on the Tanabe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.