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Best Time for the Kyūshū's Volcano Loop

Sweet spot: January, April, November — computed from NASA POWER climate normals across the route's overnight towns, balancing temperature, rainfall and daylight.

Autumn colour on Aso's caldera rim and open-air onsen weather in Beppu.
Rainy season then real heat — hell-valley steam and indoor ramen crawls carry the day.
MonthTempRainDaylight
January-6.0–17.8°C70 mm10.1 h
February-5.6–19.8°C95 mm10.8 h
March-3.1–22.3°C125 mm11.8 h
April0.7–26.4°C152 mm12.8 h
May5.2–30.4°C174 mm13.7 h
June10.8–31.7°C346 mm14.2 h
July16.8–35.1°C371 mm14.0 h
August16.3–35.5°C211 mm13.2 h
September11.7–32.9°C207 mm12.2 h
October4.4–29.6°C117 mm11.2 h
November-0.7–24.7°C94 mm10.3 h
December-5.6–22.1°C82 mm9.8 h

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