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Tokyo in December: every year compared

In December, Tokyo averages highs of 11.1 °C and lows of 3.6 °C, with 59 mm of precipitation. The warmest December was 1968 (8.9 °C), the coldest 1946 (3.7 °C).

Avg. highAvg. high 11.1 °C

Avg. lowAvg. low 3.6 °C

PrecipitationPrecipitation 59 mm

Rainy daysRainy days 8

Day by day through December

Normal high and low for each day of December in Tokyo.

Normal high and low, day by dayNormal 1991–2020

Every December in Tokyo, ranked

86 months of December since 1940. The last one, 2025, ranks 35 of 86 (−0.1 °C vs normal).

194019832025

2025 · 7.0 °C · −0.1 °C vs normal · rank 35 of 86

Warmest years

119688.9 °C
220158.6 °C
320238.5 °C
420048.4 °C
519798.3 °C

Coldest years

119463.7 °C
219474.0 °C
319444.0 °C
419454.4 °C
519664.5 °C

All 86 years in a table

Year	Mean temperature	Daytime highs	Night lows	Precipitation	Frost days	Snowfall	Rainy days
2025	7.0 °C	11.9 °C	2.6 °C	56 mm	2 days	0 cm	7 days
2024	6.5 °C	12.2 °C	1.8 °C	5 mm	6 days	0 cm	2 days
2023	8.5 °C	13.4 °C	4.4 °C	42 mm	2 days	0 cm	6 days
2022	6.7 °C	11.1 °C	3.0 °C	55 mm	1 day	0 cm	8 days
2021	7.0 °C	11.7 °C	2.9 °C	126 mm	7 days	0 cm	7 days
2020	6.7 °C	10.9 °C	3.1 °C	20 mm	7 days	0 cm	5 days
2019	8.0 °C	12.1 °C	4.8 °C	62 mm	0 days	0 cm	10 days
2018	7.6 °C	11.3 °C	4.2 °C	38 mm	3 days	0 cm	8 days
2017	5.9 °C	10.5 °C	1.9 °C	21 mm	6 days	0 cm	4 days
2016	8.0 °C	12.7 °C	3.7 °C	93 mm	1 day	0 cm	9 days
2015	8.6 °C	12.4 °C	5.1 °C	95 mm	0 days	0 cm	7 days
2014	5.9 °C	10.1 °C	2.1 °C	65 mm	9 days	0 cm	7 days
2013	6.7 °C	10.8 °C	2.9 °C	51 mm	5 days	0 cm	7 days
2012	5.7 °C	9.7 °C	1.9 °C	91 mm	9 days	0 cm	11 days
2011	5.8 °C	9.7 °C	2.2 °C	56 mm	5 days	0 cm	8 days
2010	8.2 °C	12.5 °C	4.4 °C	104 mm	1 day	0 cm	9 days
2009	7.6 °C	11.2 °C	4.5 °C	89 mm	3 days	0 cm	7 days
2008	8.3 °C	12.5 °C	4.3 °C	92 mm	0 days	0 cm	8 days
2007	7.6 °C	11.5 °C	4.1 °C	89 mm	1 day	0 cm	8 days
2006	8.0 °C	11.4 °C	5.1 °C	122 mm	0 days	0 cm	9 days
2005	4.6 °C	8.8 °C	0.7 °C	4 mm	14 days	0 cm	2 days
2004	8.4 °C	12.1 °C	5.3 °C	87 mm	1 day	7 cm	7 days
2003	7.3 °C	11.3 °C	3.9 °C	60 mm	1 day	2 cm	9 days
2002	5.6 °C	8.9 °C	2.7 °C	94 mm	6 days	11 cm	11 days
2001	6.4 °C	10.1 °C	3.2 °C	36 mm	1 day	0 cm	5 days
2000	7.2 °C	11.1 °C	3.8 °C	17 mm	2 days	0 cm	6 days
1999	7.2 °C	11.3 °C	3.7 °C	18 mm	2 days	0 cm	5 days
1998	7.4 °C	11.0 °C	4.3 °C	76 mm	0 days	0 cm	9 days
1997	7.6 °C	11.2 °C	4.4 °C	45 mm	0 days	0 cm	10 days
1996	7.5 °C	11.5 °C	3.5 °C	44 mm	0 days	0 cm	7 days
1995	6.4 °C	11.2 °C	2.3 °C	7 mm	4 days	0 cm	4 days
1994	7.4 °C	11.4 °C	3.8 °C	32 mm	5 days	0 cm	7 days
1993	7.3 °C	11.2 °C	3.7 °C	72 mm	4 days	0 cm	12 days
1992	7.8 °C	11.6 °C	4.0 °C	37 mm	1 day	0 cm	6 days
1991	7.5 °C	11.4 °C	3.8 °C	50 mm	4 days	2 cm	7 days
1990	8.3 °C	12.6 °C	4.6 °C	13 mm	0 days	0 cm	4 days
1989	7.2 °C	11.2 °C	3.9 °C	35 mm	0 days	0 cm	9 days
1988	6.3 °C	10.9 °C	2.4 °C	6 mm	4 days	0 cm	2 days
1987	5.9 °C	11.0 °C	2.0 °C	69 mm	7 days	10 cm	5 days
1986	6.7 °C	11.1 °C	3.1 °C	84 mm	4 days	5 cm	9 days
1985	5.5 °C	9.7 °C	1.1 °C	39 mm	14 days	0 cm	8 days
1984	6.0 °C	10.2 °C	2.6 °C	75 mm	9 days	5 cm	8 days
1983	5.2 °C	9.4 °C	1.7 °C	20 mm	7 days	0 cm	6 days
1982	7.7 °C	11.5 °C	4.4 °C	20 mm	0 days	0 cm	5 days
1981	5.8 °C	10.1 °C	2.0 °C	9 mm	3 days	0 cm	4 days
1980	5.7 °C	9.9 °C	2.0 °C	62 mm	10 days	0 cm	7 days
1979	8.3 °C	12.3 °C	4.7 °C	50 mm	0 days	0 cm	9 days
1978	6.5 °C	10.9 °C	2.5 °C	40 mm	7 days	1 cm	6 days
1977	7.2 °C	11.8 °C	3.7 °C	40 mm	5 days	0 cm	6 days
1976	5.5 °C	9.8 °C	1.9 °C	36 mm	6 days	0 cm	5 days
1975	5.5 °C	9.5 °C	2.3 °C	68 mm	3 days	0 cm	7 days
1974	5.5 °C	9.1 °C	2.7 °C	49 mm	2 days	0 cm	8 days
1973	4.9 °C	10.0 °C	0.7 °C	3 mm	10 days	0 cm	1 day
1972	7.2 °C	11.0 °C	3.6 °C	101 mm	3 days	0 cm	7 days
1971	7.1 °C	11.3 °C	3.5 °C	65 mm	0 days	0 cm	8 days
1970	5.4 °C	9.7 °C	1.8 °C	43 mm	7 days	2 cm	6 days
1969	5.8 °C	10.0 °C	2.0 °C	24 mm	7 days	0 cm	5 days
1968	8.9 °C	12.8 °C	5.6 °C	171 mm	0 days	0 cm	11 days
1967	5.5 °C	9.7 °C	1.7 °C	42 mm	13 days	0 cm	5 days
1966	4.5 °C	8.6 °C	1.2 °C	30 mm	8 days	3 cm	9 days
1965	5.9 °C	10.2 °C	2.2 °C	67 mm	9 days	0 cm	11 days
1964	6.7 °C	11.2 °C	3.1 °C	53 mm	2 days	0 cm	7 days
1963	7.3 °C	12.1 °C	3.4 °C	49 mm	3 days	0 cm	6 days
1962	6.4 °C	11.4 °C	2.5 °C	39 mm	1 day	0 cm	5 days
1961	6.4 °C	11.4 °C	2.8 °C	32 mm	5 days	0 cm	8 days
1960	6.4 °C	11.1 °C	2.9 °C	56 mm	4 days	0 cm	7 days
1959	6.7 °C	11.4 °C	2.9 °C	75 mm	2 days	0 cm	7 days
1958	7.2 °C	12.4 °C	3.3 °C	109 mm	2 days	0 cm	8 days
1957	7.5 °C	11.9 °C	4.1 °C	72 mm	1 day	0 cm	13 days
1956	4.5 °C	9.8 °C	-0.1 °C	8 mm	15 days	0 cm	2 days
1955	7.5 °C	12.6 °C	3.1 °C	18 mm	3 days	0 cm	5 days
1954	7.0 °C	11.3 °C	3.6 °C	78 mm	4 days	0 cm	11 days
1953	7.5 °C	11.8 °C	4.1 °C	54 mm	1 day	0 cm	8 days
1952	4.9 °C	9.2 °C	1.0 °C	18 mm	12 days	0 cm	4 days
1951	6.1 °C	10.6 °C	2.0 °C	19 mm	5 days	0 cm	5 days
1950	4.7 °C	9.4 °C	0.4 °C	87 mm	17 days	0 cm	6 days
1949	5.6 °C	9.4 °C	1.9 °C	57 mm	10 days	0 cm	6 days
1948	6.7 °C	10.8 °C	2.7 °C	47 mm	5 days	0 cm	9 days
1947	4.0 °C	8.1 °C	0.0 °C	32 mm	18 days	2 cm	7 days
1946	3.7 °C	8.1 °C	-0.1 °C	32 mm	19 days	1 cm	5 days
1945	4.4 °C	9.3 °C	0.1 °C	62 mm	15 days	1 cm	8 days
1944	4.0 °C	8.3 °C	0.1 °C	26 mm	18 days	1 cm	7 days
1943	5.0 °C	9.5 °C	1.3 °C	14 mm	12 days	0 cm	6 days
1942	4.8 °C	9.2 °C	1.2 °C	32 mm	12 days	0 cm	5 days
1941	5.2 °C	8.8 °C	2.0 °C	71 mm	7 days	4 cm	11 days
1940	5.2 °C	9.9 °C	1.2 °C	25 mm	12 days	0 cm	6 days

December records

Hottest day

24.1 °C

December 5, 2004 estimate

Nearby station: 24.8 °C on December 5, 2004 measured

Coldest night

-5.2 °C

December 26, 1945 estimate

Nearby station: -4.2 °C on December 29, 1952 measured

Wettest day

77 mm

December 26, 2006 estimate

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Questions & answers

How warm is Tokyo in December?

Highs average 11.1 °C and lows 3.6 °C. A typical December brings 0 hot days (30 °C or more) and 3 frost days.

Does it rain a lot in Tokyo in December?

About 59 mm falls in December, over some 8 days with at least 1 mm. The wettest December was 1968 (171 mm), the driest 1973 (3 mm).

What was the warmest December in Tokyo?

1968, with a mean temperature of 8.9 °C. The coldest was 1946 (3.7 °C). The last one, 2025, ranks 35 of 86.