Japan
Kagoshima
Kagoshima is one of the 47 regions of Japan; its largest place is Kagoshima.
Best timeApr · Oct–Nov
Best weather in OctoberIzumi 76
October: highs23° – 25°
Rain this month, on average154mm
Mean of its 20 best-known places. Best: Apr · Oct–Nov.
Kagoshima at a glance
The atlas follows 1,489 places here month by month, with 36 mountains and 54 monuments; across the most visited of them, the best months are April, October and November.
When to go to Kagoshima
The best places of every month here, and the average climate of the best-known ones.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 44 | 43 | 48 | 61 | 59 | 52 | 45 | 46 | 54 | 70 | 76 | 60 |
| High | 12° | 13° | 16° | 19° | 23° | 25° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 24° | 19° | 14° |
| Low | 7° | 8° | 10° | 14° | 18° | 22° | 25° | 25° | 23° | 19° | 14° | 10° |
| Rain (mm) | 112 | 132 | 216 | 235 | 253 | 464 | 308 | 244 | 266 | 154 | 136 | 103 |
Places in Kagoshima
The best-known places with their score this month; every town and village is in the A to Z list below.
71OctoberKagoshima
594k people
24° / 17°98 mm
71OctoberSatsumasendai
92k people
23° / 19°101 mm
69OctoberKanoya
101k people
23° / 18°143 mm
76OctoberIzumi
52k people
23° / 17°92 mm
71OctoberHioki
47k people
23° / 18°98 mm
66OctoberAmami
41k people
25° / 23°270 mm
68OctoberMakurazaki
20k people
23° / 18°118 mm
68OctoberKaseda-shirakame
39k people
24° / 19°104 mm
27 districts, each with all of its towns and villages
Aira Gun23 places · 10k · Kurino
Aira Shi5 places · 99k · Kajiki
Akune Shi7 places · 19k · Akune
Amami Shi28 places · 82k · Amami
Hioki Shi12 places · 119k · Hioki
Ibusuki Shi100 places · 39k · Ibusuki
Ichiki-kushikino Shi6 places · 56k · Kushikino
Isa Shi145 places · 47k · Isa
Izumi Shi6 places · 52k · Izumi
Izumi-gun4 places · 9,654 · Nagashima
Kagoshima Shi61 places · 594k · Kagoshima
Kagoshima-gun4 places · 1,165 · Toshima
Kanoya Shi193 places · 101k · Kanoya
Kimotsuki Gun357 places · 34k · Kimotsuki
Kirishima Shi8 places · 221k · Kirishima
Kumage-gun81 places · 32k · Minamitane
Makurazaki Shi3 places · 20k · Makurazaki
Minamikyushu Shi38 places · 33k · Minamikyushu
Minamisatsuma Shi16 places · 72k · Kaseda-shirakame
Nishinoomote Shi50 places · 15k · Nishinoomote
Ōshima-gun155 places · 62k · Tokunoshima
Satsuma Gun10 places · 20k · Satsuma
Satsuma-sendai Shi41 places · 92k · Satsumasendai
Shibushi-shi20 places · 30k · Shibushi
Soo Gun40 places · 12k · Ōsaki
Soo Shi9 places · 53k · Soo
Tarumizu Shi49 places · 14k · Tarumizu
More towns and villages of Kagoshima · 18
Kagoshima from above
Every place scored for the month you pick: comfortable temperatures, dry days and clear skies.
OctoberMonth scores for Kagoshima
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Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Nature in Kagoshima
Summit1,886 m
Mount Nagata
Summit1,867 m
Mount Kurio
Summit1,831 m
Mount Kuromi
National park
Amami Guntō National Park
Lake
Lake Unagi
Lake
Imuta-ikeWildlife in October
The birds and mammals of Japan seen most this month, compared with the rest of their year.
Outdoors in Kagoshima
Culture in Kagoshima
Yakushima
Shōko ShūseikanBuilt 1865 · Giyōfū
Tokunoshima
Amami-Ōshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island
Kagoshima CastleBuilt 1601
Terayama Charcoal KilnBuilt 1858
Museum
Kagoshima City Museum of ArtBuilt 1954
Museum
Kirishima Open-Air MuseumBuilt 2000The festival year
What's on in Kagoshima
Getting to Kagoshima
Kagoshima AirportKOJ · Kagoshima
31 kmMiyazaki AirportKMI · Kagoshima
92 kmAmakusa AirportAXJ · Kagoshima
108 km郡元Kagoshima
0.7 km川内Satsumasendai
1.2 km出水Izumi
1.1 km伊集院Hioki
6.8 km鹿児島(鴨池)港垂水港フェリー乗り場
1.8 km垂水港フェリー乗り場鹿児島(鴨池)港
19 km水俣港船客待合所幣串港旅客船待合所
13 kmTowns in Kagoshima from A to Z
The 59 main places; every village is listed on its district's page.
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