Weather in Osaka in November

A good month. November is a solid month to be in Osaka. Highs average 17 °C, lows 8.1 °C, and rain falls on 8 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

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

Rain on 8 days, 3 of them heavy. Enough to need a plan B, not enough to need a plan around it. Pack for 17 °C days and 8.1 °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 °C and the coldest night fell to 1 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 68 mm — roughly 73% of the month's rain in one day.

November is moderately variable: 29 mm in the driest year against 272 mm in the wettest, around an average of 93 mm. Roughly two Novembers in three land near that average, and the third does something else entirely.

Wind is light at 6 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity runs at 84%, high enough to notice on the warm days without dominating them.

How November sits in the year

The month is on the way down: 5.7 °C cooler than October, with December dropping another 5.9 °C. The first week and the last are not the same trip.

Daylight in November

November sits at the dark end of Osaka's year — 10.4 hours of daylight against 14.5 at midsummer, losing 0.8 hours across the month. Sightseeing days are genuinely shorter, and an itinerary built for summer will not fit.

An inland climate

With no coast nearby, the year swings a fair way — 30.8 °C between the warmest afternoons and the coldest nights, wider than any coastal city at this latitude would manage.

How busy it gets

Peak season. Expect the highest prices of the year and to be booking well ahead. If the dates are flexible, June is the trade worth considering — 13 points weaker on weather, and materially quieter.

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

November in Osaka versus nearby

If Osaka is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Kyoto is the weaker option in November — within a degree on temperature, 4 days more rain. Hamamatsu is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 1 day more rain.

So: November is effectively as good as it gets here — 2 points behind May, which is inside the margin where the weather stops being the deciding factor and price starts being it.

Every month in Osaka

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