Kitakyushu weather by month & the best time to visit
🇯🇵 Japan · coastal city break · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Kitakyushu is October — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 69/100), with May and June close behind. Kitakyushu averages about 1,801 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 22°C / 72°F and roughly 108 mm of rain in October.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,801
- Sunniest month
- October
- Peak score
- 69/100
- Rain / year
- 1,822 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 8 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 32°C / 90°F
- Population
- 998k
- Elevation
- 6 m
When is the best time to visit Kitakyushu?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Kitakyushu is October, then May and June. The dullest month is January (6/100, 76 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Kitakyushu?
Kitakyushu gets a moderate 1,801 hours of sunshine a year. 63 Sunshine Score points separate October (69) from January (6), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #36 of 79 destinations in Japan for annual sunshine, above the national median of 1,773 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around July, carries about 43% of the annual 1,822 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6 | 9° / 48°F | 3° / 37°F | 76 mm | 2 | 9° / 48°F |
| February | 12 | 10° / 50°F | 3° / 37°F | 85 mm | 3 | 10° / 50°F |
| March | 34 | 14° / 57°F | 5° / 41°F | 120 mm | 4 | 11° / 52°F |
| April | 58 | 19° / 66°F | 9° / 48°F | 139 mm | 5 | 16° / 61°F |
| May | 62 | 23° / 73°F | 14° / 57°F | 156 mm | 6 | 20° / 68°F |
| June | 62 | 26° / 79°F | 19° / 66°F | 266 mm | 6 | 24° / 75°F |
| July | 62 | 30° / 86°F | 23° / 73°F | 330 mm | 7 | 29° / 84°F |
| August | 62 | 31° / 88°F | 24° / 75°F | 180 mm | 8 | 32° / 90°F |
| September | 62 | 27° / 81°F | 21° / 70°F | 194 mm | 6 | 30° / 86°F |
| October | 69 | 22° / 72°F | 15° / 59°F | 108 mm | 5 | 24° / 75°F |
| November | 55 | 17° / 63°F | 10° / 50°F | 84 mm | 3 | 19° / 66°F |
| December | 18 | 11° / 52°F | 5° / 41°F | 84 mm | 2 | 12° / 54°F |
Sea temperature in Kitakyushu by month
The sea off Kitakyushu is warmest in August at around 32°C / 90°F, and coolest in January at 9°C / 48°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
- Ube Japan · 24 km · best in Oct · 1,801 h sun/yr
- Fukuoka Japan · 61 km · best in Oct · 1,752 h sun/yr
- Oita Japan · 77 km · best in Oct · 1,801 h sun/yr
- Saga Japan · 103 km · best in Oct · 1,752 h sun/yr
- Kumamoto Japan · 113 km · best in Oct · 1,845 h sun/yr
- Iwakuni Japan · 117 km · best in Oct · 1,773 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Masuda Japan · 116 km · 1,655 h sun/yr · best in Oct
Head-to-head
How Kitakyushu compares month by month: Kitakyushu vs Fukuoka · Kitakyushu vs Oita · Kitakyushu vs Ube · all comparisons
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