Sendai climate

Sendai Weather in December

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Sendai, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 14°C on December 1 to 10°C on December 31, and lows from 6°C to 2°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 84 mm over about 9 wet days.

December day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Sendai, in °C, with the record for each date.-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high
12°C
Average low
4°C
Precipitation
84 mm
Reanalysis high
22°CDec 4, 2018
Reanalysis low
-5°CDec 18, 2005
Daylight
10 h 14 min to 10 h 06 min
Cloud cover
66%
Humidity
83%
Dew point
4°C
Wind
11.9 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Dec 114°C6°C20°C 19920°C 199633%
Dec 214°C6°C18°C 2018-2°C 199633%
Dec 314°C6°C20°C 20180°C 199634%
Dec 414°C5°C22°C 2018-1°C 199733%
Dec 513°C5°C19°C 20180°C 201732%
Dec 613°C5°C19°C 2003-2°C 200831%
Dec 713°C5°C19°C 1992-2°C 200830%
Dec 813°C4°C19°C 2006-1°C 199629%
Dec 912°C4°C19°C 2000-1°C 201729%
Dec 1012°C4°C20°C 2015-1°C 201230%
Dec 1112°C4°C19°C 20150°C 200228%
Dec 1212°C4°C18°C 2004-2°C 199127%
Dec 1312°C4°C19°C 2006-3°C 199128%
Dec 1412°C4°C16°C 2015-2°C 201729%
Dec 1512°C3°C17°C 2012-1°C 199228%
Dec 1611°C3°C17°C 2002-2°C 199427%
Dec 1711°C3°C19°C 1991-2°C 199427%
Dec 1811°C3°C16°C 2004-5°C 200526%
Dec 1911°C3°C17°C 2016-3°C 201426%
Dec 2011°C3°C17°C 2010-2°C 200326%
Dec 2111°C3°C18°C 2016-2°C 200326%
Dec 2211°C3°C18°C 2016-2°C 199526%
Dec 2311°C3°C17°C 2015-1°C 199926%
Dec 2411°C3°C18°C 1991-2°C 201127%
Dec 2511°C3°C17°C 1994-3°C 199226%
Dec 2611°C3°C18°C 2016-2°C 199526%
Dec 2711°C3°C16°C 2016-2°C 200027%
Dec 2811°C3°C18°C 2007-2°C 200326%
Dec 2910°C2°C17°C 2020-3°C 200625%
Dec 3010°C2°C17°C 2019-4°C 199525%
Dec 3110°C2°C16°C 1996-4°C 199526%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Sendai, in percent.0102030401102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+9).

December 1
sunrise 7:01 AM, sunset 5:15 PM
December 31
sunrise 7:19 AM, sunset 5:25 PM

Every day of December: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.