Climate averages 1991–2020
Miyakonojō weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Miyakonojō: daytime highs average 23.2°C and nights cool to about 16.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 137 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes October a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 25 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kirishima (29 km away). In October its highs average 24.2°C, 0.9°C warmer than Miyakonojō, with 114 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Miyakonojō ranks 10th of 303 for the warmest October highs and 73rd of 303 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 303 cities is 20.4°C; Miyakonojō is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.9°C to 18.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 137 mm to 108 mm.
The annual picture
October 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
Miyakonojō climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.0°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 81 | 7.7 | 10.310 h |
| February | 12.5°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 102 | 8.7 | 11.011 h |
| March | 15.7°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 159 | 12.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.9°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 182 | 12.0 | 12.913 h |
| May | 23.6°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 207 | 12.3 | 13.814 h |
| June | 25.8°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 460 | 20.7 | 14.214 h |
| July | 29.7°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 280 | 20.2 | 14.014 h |
| August | 30.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 199 | 19.8 | 13.313 h |
| September | 27.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 233 | 16.4 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 23.2°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 137 | 10.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.3°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 108 | 8.6 | 10.611 h |
| December | 13.1°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 81 | 6.6 | 10.110 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
October in nearby cities
- Kirishima in OctoberJapan · 29 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 16.2°C · 114 mm rain
- Miyazaki in OctoberJapan · 39 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 17.9°C · 174 mm rain
- Kanoya in OctoberJapan · 44 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 17.8°C · 120 mm rain
- Aira in OctoberJapan · 45 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 16.2°C · 108 mm rain
- Kagoshima in OctoberJapan · 52 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 18.1°C · 109 mm rain
- Sendai, Japan in OctoberJapan · 73 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 18.5°C · 109 mm rain
- Honmachi in OctoberJapan · 96 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.8°C · 100 mm rain
- Nobeoka in OctoberJapan · 110 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 15.8°C · 186 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 Miyakonojō) is explained once on the Miyakonojō year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.