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

Averages for 1991–2020 at the JMA's Kagoshima station (4 m above sea level).

High

20.6°C (69°F)

Low

12.2°C (54°F)

Precipitation

102.5 mm

Wet days

8.1 days

Sunshine

158 hours

• Highs fall 5.2°C from October and drop another 5.3°C into December.
• That is 2.5°C below Kagoshima's yearly average high of 23.1°C.
• Of our 34 places with temperature records, Kagoshima is the 5th warmest in November: 0.6°C cooler than Yakushima and 1.8°C warmer than Kumamoto.
• November is Kagoshima's 3rd driest month (102.5 mm).
• Of our 35 places, Kagoshima has the 14th highest precipitation in November: 5.1 mm less than Yokohama and 1.8 mm more than Nagasaki.
• Rain of 1 mm or more falls on 8.1 days, and 10 mm or more on 3.4 days.
• Rain of 30 mm or more in one day falls on 0.8 days.
• The sun is out for 40% or more of the possible hours on 17.6 days, and 3.7 days have under 0.1 hours of sunshine.
• By the JMA's cloud records, 5.3 days are clear and 8.3 are overcast.
• On 15 November 2026 the sun rises at 6:45 and sets at 17:19 in Kagoshima, giving 10 hours 34 minutes of daylight (NAOJ).

Average temperature

16.2°C (61°F)

Humidity

68%

Days of 25°C or more

2.2 days

Early, mid and late November

By the last ten days of November the average high in Kagoshima is 3.9°C lower than in the first ten.

By ten-day totals, 11–20 November is the wettest (38.7 mm) and 21–30 November the driest (30.3 mm).

Mild: highs around 20.6°C

• Long sleeves, or a T-shirt with a light jacket or cardigan.
• A folding umbrella: rain falls on 8.1 days.

Pack

• Folding umbrella

• Our clothing rules

Ginkgo turns yellow

The JMA's sample ginkgo in Kagoshima turns yellow around 25 November and has lost most of its leaves by 6 December in an average year (1991–2020). In 2025: 2 December.

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

In November 2025, hotels and inns across Kagoshima Prefecture were 59.4% full on average (the busiest month of the year). Foreign guests spent 75,490 nights there that month (Japan Tourism Agency). That compares with 54.5% in October and 52.5% in December.

• Japan in November: visitor numbers and busy travel days
• Holidays in November