Echizen Weather in December
Echizen in December
The short of it: Echizen in December averages a high of 10 °C (49 °F) and a low of 3 °C (37 °F), with 285 mm (11.2 in) of rain and about 9 h 44 min of daylight. Rated 1 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 10° · low 3° · rain 285 mm · daylight 9 h 44 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: May & October
Thirty years of records give Echizen an average December high of 10°, a low of 3° and some 285 mm of rain. Highs fall 6° against November, to near 10°; nights run about 3°. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 285 mm.
The sun is up for about 9 h 44 min in mid-December, 29 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack a heavy coat, gloves and a scarf, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates December 1 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are May and October.
Against its neighbours, Echizen runs cooler than most and drier than most in December. Takefu, 2 km to the N, sees much the same highs.
December in Echizen, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 6° colder, 114 mm more rain
- Versus January
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- January
- Daylight, mid-month
- 9 h 44 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h