Climate averages 1991–2020
Tottori-shi weather
in December.
A cool, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Tottori-shi: daytime highs average 10.0°C and nights cool to about 5.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 152 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes December a wet month (the 9th 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 Toyooka (53 km away). In December its highs average 9.9°C, about as warm as Tottori-shi, with 107 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Tottori-shi ranks joint 179th of 303 for the warmest December highs and 280th of 303 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 303 cities is 9.5°C; Tottori-shi is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 7.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 152 mm to 147 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
Tottori-shi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.2°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 147 | 22.0 | 10.110 h |
| February | 7.7°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 114 | 17.5 | 10.911 h |
| March | 11.1°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 133 | 15.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.2°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 114 | 11.8 | 13.113 h |
| May | 20.8°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 136 | 11.7 | 14.014 h |
| June | 24.1°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 165 | 13.9 | 14.515 h |
| July | 27.7°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 197 | 15.8 | 14.314 h |
| August | 29.2°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 147 | 13.8 | 13.513 h |
| September | 25.1°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 223 | 15.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.1°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 139 | 12.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.2°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 116 | 14.7 | 10.310 h |
| December, selected | 10.0°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 152 | 19.7 | 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
- Toyooka in DecemberJapan · 53 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 3.2°C · 107 mm rain
- Tsuyama in DecemberJapan · 54 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 1.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Tatsuno in DecemberJapan · 79 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 4.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Yonago in DecemberJapan · 82 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 5.0°C · 198 mm rain
- Fukuchiyama in DecemberJapan · 83 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 2.0°C · 72 mm rain
- Himeji in DecemberJapan · 87 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 4.3°C · 64 mm rain
- Kakogawachō-honmachi in DecemberJapan · 98 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 4.6°C · 64 mm rain
- Okayama in DecemberJapan · 98 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 3.1°C · 46 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 Tottori-shi) is explained once on the Tottori-shi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.