Climate · Sapporo

Sapporo in December

Cold and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Sapporo is cold: highs near 35°F, lows near 23°F. Rain or snow falls on about four days a week, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 3 minutes.December in Sapporo is cold: highs near 2°C, lows near -5°C. Rain or snow falls on about four days a week, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 3 minutes.

High
35°F2°Caverage
Low
23°F-5°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 62% of days
Daylight
9h 03mon average

Is December a good time to visit Sapporo?


December sits outside Sapporo's best months, which run from June to September. Expect cold days and rain or snow on about four 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 35°F in December, against 29°F to 79°F through the year.Highs near 2°C in December, against -2°C to 26°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

62% of days in December, against 38% to 62% 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.

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  1. November50°10°low 36°low 2°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. December35°2°low 23°low -5°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. January29°-2°low 15°low -9°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Sapporo sits, in December

Asia/Tokyo

this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
6:59 AMsets 4:01 PM
Above the sea
30 mlow-lying
Latitude
43.1°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Kiroro30 km west

The land around Sapporo, 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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Sapporo. 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.