Climate averages 1991–2020
Sendai, Japan weather
in November.
A mild, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a mild month in Sendai, Japan: daytime highs average 18.4°C and nights cool to about 13.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 122 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes November a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 34 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aira (28 km away). In November its highs average 18.1°C, about as warm as Sendai, Japan, with 111 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Sendai, Japan ranks joint 7th of 303 for the warmest November highs and joint 255th of 303 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 303 cities is 14.9°C; Sendai, Japan is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 5.1°C to 13.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 122 mm to 102 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
Sendai, Japan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.1°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 98 | 12.3 | 10.310 h |
| February | 12.0°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 115 | 11.3 | 11.011 h |
| March | 15.0°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 161 | 13.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.1°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 186 | 11.7 | 12.913 h |
| May | 23.0°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 205 | 11.3 | 13.814 h |
| June | 25.6°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 500 | 18.5 | 14.214 h |
| July | 29.1°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 324 | 17.6 | 14.014 h |
| August | 30.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 166 | 15.7 | 13.313 h |
| September | 27.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 198 | 13.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.6°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 109 | 8.6 | 11.411 h |
| November, selected | 18.4°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 122 | 9.3 | 10.611 h |
| December | 13.3°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 102 | 10.6 | 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
November in nearby cities
- Aira in NovemberJapan · 28 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 10.7°C · 111 mm rain
- Kagoshima in NovemberJapan · 37 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 12.9°C · 112 mm rain
- Kirishima in NovemberJapan · 45 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 10.3°C · 107 mm rain
- Kanoya in NovemberJapan · 71 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 12.4°C · 109 mm rain
- Amakusa in NovemberJapan · 72 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 12.3°C · 101 mm rain
- Miyakonojō in NovemberJapan · 73 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 10.5°C · 108 mm rain
- Honmachi in NovemberJapan · 82 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 10.3°C · 96 mm rain
- Miyazaki in NovemberJapan · 106 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 12.6°C · 108 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 Sendai) is explained once on the Sendai, Japan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.