Climate averages 1991–2020
Hikone weather
in November.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cool month in Hikone: daytime highs average 14.8°C and nights cool to about 8.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 86 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 21 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nagahama (15 km away). In November its highs average 14.8°C, about as warm as Hikone, with 110 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Hikone ranks joint 217th of 303 for the warmest November highs and joint 119th of 303 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 303 cities is 14.9°C; Hikone is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 5.5°C to 9.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 86 mm to 72 mm.
The annual picture
November in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Hikone climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.7°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 74 | 11.3 | 10.110 h |
| February | 7.4°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 77 | 11.1 | 10.911 h |
| March | 11.0°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 124 | 12.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.3°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 140 | 12.0 | 13.113 h |
| May | 21.0°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 170 | 12.0 | 14.014 h |
| June | 24.6°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 216 | 14.9 | 14.514 h |
| July | 28.3°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 256 | 17.8 | 14.314 h |
| August | 29.7°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 163 | 15.5 | 13.513 h |
| September | 25.8°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 212 | 13.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.3°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 166 | 10.8 | 11.311 h |
| November, selected | 14.8°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 86 | 8.6 | 10.310 h |
| December | 9.3°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 72 | 10.4 | 9.810 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
November in nearby cities
- Nagahama in NovemberJapan · 15 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 8.1°C · 110 mm rain
- Youkaichi in NovemberJapan · 16 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 7.5°C · 84 mm rain
- Ōmihachiman in NovemberJapan · 19 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 7.5°C · 81 mm rain
- Kōka in NovemberJapan · 31 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 7.1°C · 84 mm rain
- Moriyama in NovemberJapan · 32 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 7.6°C · 74 mm rain
- Ōgaki in NovemberJapan · 35 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 6.9°C · 96 mm rain
- Kusatsu in NovemberJapan · 37 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 7.3°C · 74 mm rain
- Kuwana in NovemberJapan · 44 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 7.1°C · 91 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Hikone) is explained once on the Hikone year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.