Tokyo month by month
Plan your visit to Tokyo by month. Compare weather, crowds, events, and prices across all twelve months with historical climate data.
- January
- High
- 9°C
- Low
- 0°C
- Rain
- 35 mm
January in Tokyo starts with a near-total shutdown. The first three days — sanganichi — are when the entire city essentially closes for New Year celebrations, and if you arrive…
- February
- High
- 11°C
- Low
- 1°C
- Rain
- 54 mm
February in Tokyo is cold, dry, and quietly lovely. That's the headline: daytime highs hover around 10.8°C (51°F), nights dip to about 1°C (34°F), and the air has a crispness that…
- March
- High
- 15°C
- Low
- 6°C
- Rain
- 156 mm
March in Tokyo is, above all else, the month of cherry blossoms — or at least the tantalizing promise of them. The sakura forecast dominates weather reports and dinner…
- April
- High
- 20°C
- Low
- 10°C
- Rain
- 152 mm
April in Tokyo is, quite simply, cherry blossom season — and that single fact shapes everything about the month. The sakura typically peak in the last days of March and scatter…
- May
- High
- 23°C
- Low
- 15°C
- Rain
- 193 mm
The single most important thing about visiting Tokyo in May: the month opens with Golden Week, Japan's biggest holiday period, and for that first stretch — roughly April 29 through…
- June
- High
- 27°C
- Low
- 19°C
- Rain
- 189 mm
June in Tokyo means one thing above all else: tsuyu, the rainy season. It typically settles in during the first or second week of June and lingers until mid-July, bringing…
- July
- High
- 32°C
- Low
- 24°C
- Rain
- 168 mm
July in Tokyo is hot, sticky, and loud with cicadas. That's the headline. Daytime temperatures sit around 30-31°C (86-88°F) with humidity regularly pushing past 75%, creating a…
- August
- High
- 33°C
- Low
- 25°C
- Rain
- 144 mm
August in Tokyo is a test of endurance. That's the honest truth. Daytime temperatures hover around 32-34°C (90-93°F), and the humidity — typically 75-80% — turns the city into…
- September
- High
- 29°C
- Low
- 22°C
- Rain
- 202 mm
September in Tokyo is typhoon season. That's the headline. The city sits squarely in the path of Pacific typhoons from late August through October, and September tends to catch the…
- October
- High
- 22°C
- Low
- 14°C
- Rain
- 143 mm
October might be the month Tokyo stops fighting you. The suffocating summer humidity — the kind that fogs your camera lens the second you step outside — has finally broken, and…
- November
- High
- 17°C
- Low
- 9°C
- Rain
- 79 mm
November might be Tokyo's best-kept secret. While most travelers fixate on cherry blossom season in spring or the summer festivals, November quietly delivers what is arguably the…
- December
- High
- 12°C
- Low
- 3°C
- Rain
- 56 mm
December in Tokyo is cold, dry, and lit up like nowhere else on earth. That's the headline: the city transforms into one of the most spectacular winter illumination displays you'll…