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Okinawa (Naha) in December

Warm and damp, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Okinawa (Naha) is warm: highs near 72°F, lows near 65°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 31 minutes.December in Okinawa (Naha) is warm: highs near 22°C, lows near 18°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 31 minutes.

High
72°F22°Caverage
Low
65°F18°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 45% of days
Daylight
10h 31mon average

Is December a good time to visit Okinawa (Naha)?

Yes. December is one of Okinawa (Naha)'s best months (November to February).

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 72°F in December, against 69°F to 88°F through the year.Highs near 22°C in December, against 21°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

45% of days in December, against 43% to 60% through the year.

Cloud cover

42% cover in December, against 41% to 79% through the year.

Daylight

10h 31m in December, against 10h 31m to 13h 45m 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. November78°26°low 72°low 22°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. December72°22°low 65°low 18°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. January69°21°low 62°low 17°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Okinawa (Naha) sits, in December

Asia/Tokyo
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
7:09 AMsets 5:40 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
26.2°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Miyakojima287 km south-west

The land around Okinawa (Naha), 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 Okinawa (Naha)

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Okinawa (Naha). Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. 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.