Tohoku in November: weather, snow and what to wear

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 Akita (17.9 days), the fewest in Sendai (5.7 days).
• Precipitation ranges from 58.4 mm in Fukushima to 189.1 mm in Akita.
• Sendai gets the most sunshine (143 hours in the month) and Akita the least (83 hours).
• Every place here is colder than Tokyo, where the average high in November is 16.7°C.

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

In Sendai, the average high is 16.3°C in the first ten days of November, 13.9°C in the middle ten and 12.0°C in the last ten.

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

Snowfall is the total for the month; deepest snow is the average of each year's deepest (JMA, 1991–2020).

• The deepest snow is in Aomori (14 cm), then Morioka (4 cm) and Akita (3 cm).
• Bring waterproof shoes with a good grip for Aomori: snow lies on the ground for 5 days or more.
• Snow does not usually lie for long in Morioka, Akita, Aizu-Wakamatsu, Yamagata, Sendai and Fukushima, but snow or sleet falls on 3.0 days or more.

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

All 7 places are at the same level in November: Chilly.

• Our clothing rules

The first red maple leaves in Tohoku in an average year is in Akita on 12 November.

The first yellow ginkgo leaves in Tohoku in an average year is in Aomori on 2 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

• Sendai in November
• Aomori in November

Tohoku in other months

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

Other regions in November

• Hokkaido in November
• Kyushu in November
• Shikoku in November
• Japan in November