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Taketomi Island in December

Warm and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Taketomi Island is warm: highs near 74°F, lows near 67°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 39 minutes.December in Taketomi Island is warm: highs near 23°C, lows near 19°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 39 minutes.

High
74°F23°Caverage
Low
67°F19°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 63% of days
Daylight
10h 39mon average

Is December a good time to visit Taketomi Island?

A good month, just outside Taketomi Island's best months, which run from January to April.

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 74°F in December, against 72°F to 88°F through the year.Highs near 23°C in December, against 22°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

63% of days in December, against 46% to 65% through the year.

Cloud cover

50% cover in December, against 45% to 79% through the year.

Daylight

10h 39m in December, against 10h 39m to 13h 37m 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. November80°27°low 73°low 23°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. December74°23°low 67°low 19°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. January72°22°low 64°low 18°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Taketomi Island sits, in December

Asia/Tokyo
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
7:19 AMsets 5:58 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
24.3°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Miyakojima132 km north-east

The land around Taketomi Island, 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 Taketomi Island

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 14 km north-east of Taketomi Island. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. 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.