Weather in Fukuoka in November

A good month. November works. It is not the peak, but nothing about it fights you. Highs average 17.4 °C, lows 8.7 °C, and rain falls on 9 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

November ranks 4 of 12 in Fukuoka: past the worst of the year but short of October, which is the month to book if the dates are open.

Rain on 9 days, 2 of them heavy. Enough to need a plan B, not enough to need a plan around it. Pack for 17.4 °C days and 8.7 °C nights; the spread matters more here than any single number.

What the averages hide

The averages here are honest — no hidden extremes worth planning around. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest November day reached 26.2 °C and the coldest night fell to -0.2 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 63 mm — roughly 71% of the month's rain in one day.

November is moderately variable: 25 mm in the driest year against 163 mm in the wettest, around an average of 89 mm. Roughly two Novembers in three land near that average, and the third does something else entirely.

Wind is light at 4.2 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity runs at 81%, high enough to notice on the warm days without dominating them.

How November sits in the year

The month is on the way down: 5.6 °C cooler than October, with December dropping another 6 °C. The first week and the last are not the same trip.

Daylight in November

November sits at the dark end of Fukuoka's year — 10.5 hours of daylight against 14.4 at midsummer, losing 0.8 hours across the month. Sightseeing days are genuinely shorter, and an itinerary built for summer will not fit.

Sea temperature

The sea sits at about 20.7 °C in November — swimmable, but it takes a moment to commit. The sea peaks at 27.4 °C in August and bottoms out at 14.4 °C — water lags the air by a month or two, which is why the best swimming often comes after the best weather.

How busy it gets

Busy. Popular without being frantic; book the things you care about, improvise the rest.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

November in Fukuoka versus nearby

If Fukuoka is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Kitakyushu is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 1 day more rain. Hiroshima is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 1 day more rain.

So: November works, with October the better month by 7 points if the dates can move. If they cannot, nothing here should stop you booking.

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