Kyushu in November: weather, what to wear and what's on

Averages for 1991–2020 from the JMA station in each place. Tap a heading to sort.

• The most wet days (1 mm or more of rain or snow) are in Fukuoka (8.5 days), the fewest in Oita (5.8 days).
• Precipitation ranges from 72.9 mm in Oita to 105.7 mm in Miyazaki.
• Miyazaki gets the most sunshine (167 hours in the month) and Yufuin the least (128 hours).
• Fukuoka, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Kagoshima, Oita, Miyazaki and Saga are warmer than Tokyo (16.7°C) in November; the rest are colder.

Average high and low for each ten days of November (JMA ten-day normals, 1991–2020).

In Fukuoka, the average high is 20.4°C in the first ten days of November, 18.0°C in the middle ten and 16.2°C in the last ten.

Every place here is at least 2°C colder by the end of November than at the start.

How we choose: from the JMA's average high and low for November, by our own rules.

In November the clothing level runs from Cool in Fukuoka, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Oita, Miyazaki, Saga and Yufuin to Mild in Kagoshima, so pack for the coldest place on your route.

• Our clothing rules

The first yellow ginkgo leaves in Kyushu in an average year is in Fukuoka on 20 November.

The first red maple leaves in Kyushu in an average year is in Oita on 28 November.

Dates are for one sample tree at or near the JMA observatory, not for every park in the city.

National holidays in November 2026:

• Tue 3 November — Culture Day
• Mon 23 November — Labor Thanksgiving Day

• Sat 21 November to Mon 23 November: 3 days off in a row

• Holidays in November

One place in November

• Fukuoka in November
• Nagasaki in November
• Kumamoto in November
• Kagoshima in November

Kyushu in other months

• Kyushu in January
• Kyushu in February
• Kyushu in March
• Kyushu in April
• Kyushu in December
• Kyushu by month

Other regions in November

• Hokkaido in November
• Shikoku in November
• Tohoku in November
• Japan in November