Amami Weather in December
Amami in December
The short of it: Amami in December averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 14 °C (57 °F), with 146 mm (5.7 in) of rain and about 10 h 21 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are November and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 14° · rain 146 mm · daylight 10 h 21 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: November & April
Thirty years of records give Amami an average December high of 19°, a low of 14° and some 146 mm of rain. Highs fall 4° against November, to near 19°; nights run about 14°. Wet spells are common — about 146 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 21 min in mid-December, 21 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates December 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are November and April.
Against its neighbours, Amami runs about middling and drier than most in December. Naze, 2 km to the SW, is 1° cooler by day.
December in Amami, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 4° colder, 52 mm less rain
- Versus January
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 21 min
- Average wind
- 21 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NazeKagoshima | 2 km SW | 19° | 14° | 149 mm |
| YamatohamaKagoshima | 10 km W | 19° | 14° | 147 mm |
| TatsugōKagoshima | 13 km NE | 19° | 14° | 147 mm |
| UkenKagoshima | 27 km WSW | 19° | 14° | 144 mm |
| SeisuiKagoshima | 31 km SSW | 20° | 15° | 136 mm |
| AkarenKagoshima | 44 km E | 20° | 15° | 142 mm |
| TokuwaseKagoshima | 83 km SSW | 20° | 16° | 125 mm |
| AmagiKagoshima | 85 km SW | 20° | 15° | 123 mm |