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Kiroro in December

Cold and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Kiroro is cold: highs near 29°F, lows near 18°F. Rain or snow falls on about five days a week, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 3 minutes.December in Kiroro is cold: highs near -2°C, lows near -8°C. Rain or snow falls on about five days a week, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 3 minutes.

High
29°F-2°Caverage
Low
18°F-8°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 77% of days
Daylight
9h 03mon average

Is December a good time to visit Kiroro?

December sits outside Kiroro's best months, which run from June to September. Expect cold days and rain or snow on about five days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 29°F in December, against 25°F to 77°F through the year.Highs near -2°C in December, against -4°C to 25°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

77% of days in December, against 42% to 77% through the year.

Cloud cover

70% cover in December, against 43% to 75% through the year.

Daylight

9h 03m in December, against 9h 03m to 15h 19m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with December shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. November44°7°low 31°low -1°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. December29°-2°low 18°low -8°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. January25°-4°low 13°low -11°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Kiroro sits, in December

Asia/Tokyo
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
7:00 AMsets 4:02 PM
Above the sea
520 mlow-lying
Latitude
43.1°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Otaru13 km north

The land around Kiroro, shaded by its typical high in December, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Japan in December

high · low · wet days
See December on the planning mapThe whole year in Kiroro

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Kiroro. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (520 m) against the climate model's (583 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (520 m) against the climate model's (583 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.