Yaita weather in December

In December, Yaita sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 51 mm of precipitation across 6.8 wet days and about 9.5 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 12°C in the first days to 8°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 53% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 42 min at the start of December to 9 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Yaita's 1st-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yaita's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 10°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 1°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 51 mm; 6.8 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 30 min; 6:52 AM – 4:21 PM
Cloud cover: 45%; 1st clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 2.33 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.5; out of 10

Yaita is city in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.

Density: 213/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1958

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 12°C in the first days to 8°C by the end.

A typical December day in Yaita reaches about 10°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 6°C and 13°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 5°C cooler than November and about 2°C warmer than January.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8
Avg low (°C)	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	12	3
2	12	3
3	12	3
4	12	3
5	11	3
6	11	3
7	11	2
8	11	2
9	11	2
10	11	2
11	10	2
12	10	2
13	10	2
14	10	1
15	10	1
16	10	1
17	10	1
18	10	1
19	9	1
20	9	1
21	9	1
22	9	1
23	9	1
24	9	1
25	9	0
26	9	0
27	9	0
28	9	0
29	8	0
30	8	0
31	8	0

How December really feels in Yaita

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 21 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in December is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Yaita weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 10th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	8° / -1°	54	7.1	3.1	9.8	1.2
Feb	8° / -0°	53	7.6	2.8	10.6	1.6
Mar	12° / 2°	104	12.6	2.2	11.7	3.0
Apr	17° / 7°	121	12.4	0.5	12.9	5.1
May	22° / 12°	142	13.4	0	13.9	6.0
Jun	25° / 17°	163	16.2	0	14.5	5.5
Jul	28° / 21°	212	19.7	0	14.3	4.4
Aug	29° / 22°	162	16.7	0	13.4	4.4
Sep	26° / 18°	193	15.3	0	12.2	5.6
Oct	20° / 12°	169	12.9	0	11	5.9
Nov	15° / 6°	80	8.4	0.1	10	4.7
Dec	10° / 1°	51	6.8	0.9	9.5	2.5

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 53% of the time in December, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 29%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	62	62	63	63	65	65	65	67	67	69	69	70	70	71	71	72	72	73	74	74	74	76	76	76	76	77	77	77	78	78	78
Cloudier (%)	38	38	37	37	35	35	35	33	33	31	31	30	30	29	29	28	28	27	26	26	26	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	22	22	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	62	38
3	63	37
4	63	37
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	69	31
11	69	31
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	73	27
19	74	26
20	74	26
21	74	26
22	76	24
23	76	24
24	76	24
25	76	24
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	77	23
29	78	22
30	78	22
31	78	22

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Yaita gets around 51 mm of rain and snow over 6.8 wet days in December, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 22% and peaks near 26% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	26	25	25	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	19
Snow chance (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	26	1
2	25	1
3	25	1
4	24	1
5	24	1
6	24	1
7	23	1
8	23	2
9	23	2
10	23	2
11	22	2
12	22	2
13	22	2
14	22	2
15	22	3
16	22	3
17	22	3
18	22	3
19	22	3
20	22	4
21	22	4
22	21	4
23	21	4
24	21	4
25	20	4
26	20	5
27	20	5
28	19	5
29	19	5
30	19	5
31	19	6

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of December feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, December lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in December

Winds average 6 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	7	calm
21	7	calm
22	7	calm
23	7	calm
24	7	calm
25	7	calm
26	7	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 42 min at the start of December to 9 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 6:40 AM to 6:58 AM, and sunset from 4:20 PM to 4:29 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	9.7	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:55	6:56	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:58	6:58	6:58
Sunset (PM)	4:20	4:20	4:20	4:20	4:20	4:20	4:20	4:20	4:20	4:20	4:20	4:20	4:20	4:21	4:21	4:21	4:22	4:22	4:22	4:23	4:23	4:24	4:24	4:25	4:25	4:26	4:26	4:27	4:27	4:28	4:29

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.7	6:40	4:20
2	9.6	6:41	4:20
3	9.6	6:42	4:20
4	9.6	6:43	4:20
5	9.6	6:44	4:20
6	9.6	6:44	4:20
7	9.6	6:45	4:20
8	9.6	6:46	4:20
9	9.5	6:47	4:20
10	9.5	6:48	4:20
11	9.5	6:48	4:20
12	9.5	6:49	4:20
13	9.5	6:50	4:20
14	9.5	6:50	4:21
15	9.5	6:51	4:21
16	9.5	6:52	4:21
17	9.5	6:52	4:22
18	9.5	6:53	4:22
19	9.5	6:53	4:22
20	9.5	6:54	4:23
21	9.5	6:54	4:23
22	9.5	6:55	4:24
23	9.5	6:55	4:24
24	9.5	6:56	4:25
25	9.5	6:56	4:25
26	9.5	6:57	4:26
27	9.5	6:57	4:26
28	9.5	6:57	4:27
29	9.5	6:58	4:27
30	9.5	6:58	4:28
31	9.5	6:58	4:29

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 2.33 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.33 kWh/m² to a high of 5.11 kWh/m² in May across the year — December's 2.33 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.3	Moderate
2	2.3	Moderate
3	2.3	Moderate
4	2.3	Moderate
5	2.3	Moderate
6	2.3	Moderate
7	2.3	Moderate
8	2.3	Moderate
9	2.3	Moderate
10	2.3	Moderate
11	2.3	Moderate
12	2.3	Moderate
13	2.3	Moderate
14	2.3	Moderate
15	2.3	Moderate
16	2.3	Moderate
17	2.3	Moderate
18	2.4	Moderate
19	2.4	Moderate
20	2.4	Moderate
21	2.4	Moderate
22	2.4	Moderate
23	2.4	Moderate
24	2.5	Moderate
25	2.5	Moderate
26	2.5	Moderate
27	2.5	Moderate
28	2.5	Moderate
29	2.5	Moderate
30	2.5	Moderate
31	2.6	Moderate

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Yaita?

Our two travel scores rate December for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

2.5

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Yaita.

What to pack for Yaita in December

From December's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In December, Yaita sees daytime highs around 10°C and nights near 1°C. Pack a warm layer. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Yaita in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Yaita peaks around July 17 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	4	5	7	8	9	10	9	9	6	3	2
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	7	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Air quality in Yaita in December

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where December falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Yaita is worst in April — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.5× the cleanest month (December, 9 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	10	13	19	21	20	16	14	13	11	11	10	9
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	10	Good
Feb	13	Moderate
Mar	19	Moderate
Apr	21	Moderate
May	20	Moderate
Jun	16	Moderate
Jul	14	Moderate
Aug	13	Moderate
Sep	11	Good
Oct	11	Good
Nov	10	Good
Dec	9	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Yaita?

Yaita sits at 36.8°N, 139.9°E, 191 m above sea level, in Japan. The nearest listed city is Sakura, 10 km away.

Topography around Yaita

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Yaita.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yaita has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 130 m around an average of 213 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,346 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,552 m.

The land around Yaita is covered by trees (43%), cropland (30%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, trees (51%) and cropland (34%) within 16 km, and trees (70%) within 80 km.

3 km

130 m

trees 43%

16 km

1,346 m

trees 51%

80 km

2,552 m

trees 70%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

← November Yaita year-round climate January →Best places to visit in December

December weather nearby: Sakura 10 km · Ōtawara 12 km · Ujiie 13 km · Ogawa 19 km · Hōshakuji 19 km · Kuroiso 21 km · Nasushiobara 23 km · Imaichi 24 km

Japan travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type A / B; 100 V · 50 / 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 65% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $35,951; 2025
Happiness: 6.1 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 99%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.2; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 3.6; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 446
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Yaita (36.8°, 139.9333°, elevation 191 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	12	3
2	12	3
3	12	3
4	12	3
5	11	3
6	11	3
7	11	2
8	11	2
9	11	2
10	11	2
11	10	2
12	10	2
13	10	2
14	10	1
15	10	1
16	10	1
17	10	1
18	10	1
19	9	1
20	9	1
21	9	1
22	9	1
23	9	1
24	9	1
25	9	0
26	9	0
27	9	0
28	9	0
29	8	0
30	8	0
31	8	0

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	62	38
3	63	37
4	63	37
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	69	31
11	69	31
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	73	27
19	74	26
20	74	26
21	74	26
22	76	24
23	76	24
24	76	24
25	76	24
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	77	23
29	78	22
30	78	22
31	78	22

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	26	1
2	25	1
3	25	1
4	24	1
5	24	1
6	24	1
7	23	1
8	23	2
9	23	2
10	23	2
11	22	2
12	22	2
13	22	2
14	22	2
15	22	3
16	22	3
17	22	3
18	22	3
19	22	3
20	22	4
21	22	4
22	21	4
23	21	4
24	21	4
25	20	4
26	20	5
27	20	5
28	19	5
29	19	5
30	19	5
31	19	6

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	12	3
2	12	3
3	12	3
4	12	3
5	11	3
6	11	3
7	11	2
8	11	2
9	11	2
10	11	2
11	10	2
12	10	2
13	10	2
14	10	1
15	10	1
16	10	1
17	10	1
18	10	1
19	9	1
20	9	1
21	9	1
22	9	1
23	9	1
24	9	1
25	9	0
26	9	0
27	9	0
28	9	0
29	8	0
30	8	0
31	8	0

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	62	38
3	63	37
4	63	37
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	69	31
11	69	31
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	73	27
19	74	26
20	74	26
21	74	26
22	76	24
23	76	24
24	76	24
25	76	24
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	77	23
29	78	22
30	78	22
31	78	22

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	26	1
2	25	1
3	25	1
4	24	1
5	24	1
6	24	1
7	23	1
8	23	2
9	23	2
10	23	2
11	22	2
12	22	2
13	22	2
14	22	2
15	22	3
16	22	3
17	22	3
18	22	3
19	22	3
20	22	4
21	22	4
22	21	4
23	21	4
24	21	4
25	20	4
26	20	5
27	20	5
28	19	5
29	19	5
30	19	5
31	19	6

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	12	3
2	12	3
3	12	3
4	12	3
5	11	3
6	11	3
7	11	2
8	11	2
9	11	2
10	11	2
11	10	2
12	10	2
13	10	2
14	10	1
15	10	1
16	10	1
17	10	1
18	10	1
19	9	1
20	9	1
21	9	1
22	9	1
23	9	1
24	9	1
25	9	0
26	9	0
27	9	0
28	9	0
29	8	0
30	8	0
31	8	0

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	62	38
3	63	37
4	63	37
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	69	31
11	69	31
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	73	27
19	74	26
20	74	26
21	74	26
22	76	24
23	76	24
24	76	24
25	76	24
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	77	23
29	78	22
30	78	22
31	78	22

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	26	1
2	25	1
3	25	1
4	24	1
5	24	1
6	24	1
7	23	1
8	23	2
9	23	2
10	23	2
11	22	2
12	22	2
13	22	2
14	22	2
15	22	3
16	22	3
17	22	3
18	22	3
19	22	3
20	22	4
21	22	4
22	21	4
23	21	4
24	21	4
25	20	4
26	20	5
27	20	5
28	19	5
29	19	5
30	19	5
31	19	6

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100