Climate averages 1991–2020
Saga weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Saga: daytime highs average 22.1°C and nights cool to about 14.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 108 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 23 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kurume (22 km away). In October its highs average 22.4°C, about as warm as Saga, with 106 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Saga ranks joint 27th of 303 for the warmest October highs and joint 33rd of 303 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 303 cities is 20.4°C; Saga is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.4°C to 16.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 108 mm to 93 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
Saga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.1°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 61 | 8.0 | 10.210 h |
| February | 10.3°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 79 | 8.4 | 11.011 h |
| March | 13.7°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 125 | 10.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 18.7°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 145 | 10.7 | 13.013 h |
| May | 23.2°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 164 | 10.3 | 13.914 h |
| June | 25.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 344 | 15.9 | 14.314 h |
| July | 29.0°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 309 | 17.6 | 14.114 h |
| August | 30.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 181 | 14.6 | 13.413 h |
| September | 27.1°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 189 | 12.3 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 22.1°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 108 | 7.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.7°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 93 | 8.0 | 10.510 h |
| December | 11.3°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 71 | 7.4 | 10.010 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
- Kurume in OctoberJapan · 22 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 13.6°C · 106 mm rain
- Tosu in OctoberJapan · 25 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 13.7°C · 106 mm rain
- Ōmuta in OctoberJapan · 26 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 15.5°C · 101 mm rain
- Kasuga in OctoberJapan · 36 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.4°C · 101 mm rain
- Itoshima in OctoberJapan · 36 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 16.6°C · 101 mm rain
- Maebaru-chūō in OctoberJapan · 37 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 17.0°C · 101 mm rain
- Karatsu in OctoberJapan · 39 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 16.7°C · 103 mm rain
- Fukuoka in OctoberJapan · 42 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 15.4°C · 101 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 Saga) is explained once on the Saga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.