Nikkō climate

Nikkō Weather in December

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

Average highs run from 5°C on December 1 to -1°C on December 31, and lows from -2°C to -6°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 96 mm over about 19 wet days.

December day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Nikkō, in °C, with the record for each date.-20-1001020151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high
2°C
Average low
-4°C
Precipitation
96 mm
Reanalysis high
17°CDec 11, 2015
Reanalysis low
-13°CDec 28, 2014
Daylight
9 h 51 min to 9 h 41 min
Cloud cover
84%
Humidity
93%
Dew point
-3°C
Wind
13.3 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 15°C-2°C12°C 2014-6°C 201262%
Dec 25°C-2°C12°C 1994-6°C 201264%
Dec 35°C-2°C13°C 2010-6°C 199763%
Dec 44°C-2°C17°C 2018-6°C 199764%
Dec 54°C-2°C17°C 2004-7°C 199765%
Dec 64°C-2°C12°C 2010-7°C 201465%
Dec 74°C-3°C8°C 1997-8°C 201465%
Dec 83°C-3°C10°C 1992-9°C 201465%
Dec 93°C-3°C9°C 2008-7°C 199566%
Dec 103°C-3°C11°C 2004-10°C 200268%
Dec 112°C-3°C17°C 2015-10°C 200269%
Dec 122°C-4°C9°C 2015-8°C 200568%
Dec 132°C-4°C8°C 2015-9°C 200566%
Dec 142°C-4°C7°C 2019-10°C 201266%
Dec 152°C-4°C11°C 2015-11°C 200266%
Dec 162°C-4°C8°C 2004-11°C 200566%
Dec 172°C-4°C9°C 1991-9°C 201464%
Dec 181°C-4°C10°C 1996-10°C 200565%
Dec 191°C-5°C8°C 1997-11°C 201465%
Dec 201°C-5°C8°C 2008-12°C 199464%
Dec 211°C-5°C10°C 2008-11°C 200563%
Dec 221°C-5°C11°C 2016-13°C 200563%
Dec 231°C-5°C10°C 2016-10°C 199363%
Dec 240°C-5°C7°C 1991-11°C 199963%
Dec 250°C-5°C6°C 2003-11°C 201262%
Dec 260°C-6°C8°C 2006-10°C 199561%
Dec 270°C-6°C7°C 1997-12°C 201463%
Dec 280°C-6°C4°C 2006-13°C 201463%
Dec 290°C-6°C5°C 2007-10°C 200163%
Dec 300°C-6°C4°C 1996-9°C 200062%
Dec 31-1°C-6°C6°C 1996-12°C 201062%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Nikkō, in percent.0204060801102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

December 1
sunrise 6:35 AM, sunset 4:26 PM
December 31
sunrise 6:54 AM, sunset 4:35 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.