Hiroshima Weather in December
Hiroshima in December
The short of it: Hiroshima in December averages a high of 12 °C (54 °F) and a low of 4 °C (38 °F), with 65 mm (2.6 in) of rain and about 9 h 52 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 12° · low 4° · rain 65 mm · daylight 9 h 52 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: October & May
December in Hiroshima brings afternoons near 12° and nights around 4°, with about 65 mm of rain over the month. Highs fall 6° against November, to near 12°; nights run about 4°. Wet spells are common — about 65 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 9 h 52 min in mid-December, 27 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 October and May.
Against its neighbours, Hiroshima runs warmer than most and wetter than most in December. Gion, 4 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
December in Hiroshima, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 6° colder, 28 mm less rain
- Versus January
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 9 h 52 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h