Fukuoka weather by month & the best time to visit
🇯🇵 Japan · major coastal city · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Fukuoka is October — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 69/100), with April and May close behind. Fukuoka averages about 1,752 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 22°C / 72°F and roughly 109 mm of rain in October.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,752
- Sunniest month
- October
- Peak score
- 69/100
- Rain / year
- 1,899 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 7 (high)
- Sea at warmest
- 30°C / 86°F
- Population
- 2.8M
- Elevation
- 5 m
When is the best time to visit Fukuoka?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Fukuoka is October, then April and May. The dullest month is January (6/100, 70 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Fukuoka?
Fukuoka isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,752 hours of sunshine a year. 63 Sunshine Score points separate October (69) from January (6), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #42 of 79 destinations in Japan for annual sunshine, below the national median of 1,773 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around July, carries about 45% of the annual 1,899 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6 | 9° / 48°F | 1° / 34°F | 70 mm | 2 | 13° / 55°F |
| February | 18 | 11° / 52°F | 2° / 36°F | 88 mm | 3 | 13° / 55°F |
| March | 34 | 14° / 57°F | 4° / 39°F | 118 mm | 4 | 13° / 55°F |
| April | 63 | 20° / 68°F | 9° / 48°F | 140 mm | 5 | 17° / 63°F |
| May | 61 | 25° / 77°F | 14° / 57°F | 157 mm | 6 | 20° / 68°F |
| June | 61 | 27° / 81°F | 18° / 64°F | 299 mm | 6 | 23° / 73°F |
| July | 61 | 31° / 88°F | 23° / 73°F | 357 mm | 7 | 28° / 82°F |
| August | 61 | 32° / 90°F | 23° / 73°F | 204 mm | 7 | 30° / 86°F |
| September | 61 | 28° / 82°F | 20° / 68°F | 189 mm | 6 | 29° / 84°F |
| October | 69 | 22° / 72°F | 14° / 57°F | 109 mm | 5 | 24° / 75°F |
| November | 54 | 17° / 63°F | 8° / 46°F | 89 mm | 3 | 20° / 68°F |
| December | 19 | 11° / 52°F | 3° / 37°F | 79 mm | 2 | 15° / 59°F |
Sea temperature in Fukuoka by month
The sea off Fukuoka is warmest in August at around 30°C / 86°F, and coolest in January at 13°C / 55°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 5 months a year. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Saga Japan · 50 km · best in Oct · 1,752 h sun/yr
- Kitakyushu Japan · 61 km · best in Oct · 1,801 h sun/yr
- Ube Japan · 86 km · best in Oct · 1,801 h sun/yr
- Nagasaki Japan · 90 km · best in Oct · 1,779 h sun/yr
- Kumamoto Japan · 91 km · best in Oct · 1,845 h sun/yr
- Oita Japan · 120 km · best in Oct · 1,801 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Iki Japan · 64 km · 1,740 h sun/yr · best in Oct
Head-to-head
How Fukuoka compares month by month: Fukuoka vs Kitakyushu · Fukuoka vs Kumamoto · Fukuoka vs Nagasaki · Fukuoka vs Saga · all comparisons
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