Yokohama month by month
Plan your visit to Yokohama by month. Compare weather, crowds, events, and prices across all twelve months with historical climate data.
- January
- High
- 10°C
- Low
- 1°C
- Rain
- 38 mm
January in Yokohama opens with the city half-closed. From 1 to 3 January, the Shogatsu New Year holiday shuts many museums, family restaurants and small shops in Kannai and Noge,…
- February
- High
- 11°C
- Low
- 2°C
- Rain
- 63 mm
February in Yokohama is cold, dry and bright, and the main reason to come is Chinatown's Lunar New Year festival, where lion dancers, firecrackers and red lanterns take over the…
- March
- High
- 15°C
- Low
- 6°C
- Rain
- 155 mm
March in Yokohama is a month of waiting for the cherry trees, and the whole city waits on one tree in particular. The Japan Meteorological Agency's benchmark Somei Yoshino stands…
- April
- High
- 19°C
- Low
- 11°C
- Rain
- 172 mm
Cherry blossom timing decides your April in Yokohama. The Somei Yoshino trees along the Ooka River and around the pond at Sankeien usually reach full bloom in the last days of…
- May
- High
- 22°C
- Low
- 15°C
- Rain
- 205 mm
May in Yokohama runs at two speeds. Golden Week fills the opening days with domestic tourists, but from roughly May 7 the city settles into one of its calmest, greenest stretches…
- June
- High
- 26°C
- Low
- 19°C
- Rain
- 185 mm
June in Yokohama is tsuyu, the rainy season. The Japan Meteorological Agency typically declares it for the Kanto region in early June, and it holds through mid or late July.…
- July
- High
- 31°C
- Low
- 24°C
- Rain
- 159 mm
July in Yokohama splits into two halves. The dividing line is the end of tsuyu, the Kanto rainy season, which the Japan Meteorological Agency usually declares around the third week…
- August
- High
- 32°C
- Low
- 25°C
- Rain
- 143 mm
August is Yokohama's hottest month, and the heat is the first thing to plan around. Afternoons average 31.6°C (89°F), nights stay near 25.3°C (78°F), and the sea air off Tokyo Bay…
- September
- High
- 28°C
- Low
- 22°C
- Rain
- 196 mm
September in Yokohama is typhoon season, and that shapes every plan you make this month. The Kanto region's storm peak tends to run from late August into early October, and one…
- October
- High
- 22°C
- Low
- 15°C
- Rain
- 147 mm
October is Yokohama's reset month. The sticky summer finally breaks, average highs settling at 21.9°C (71°F) and lows at 15.1°C (59°F), and the harbor breeze off Tokyo Bay starts…
- November
- High
- 17°C
- Low
- 10°C
- Rain
- 81 mm
The one thing to know about Yokohama in November is that the ginkgo trees turn. From about the third week of the month, the ginkgo avenue along Yamashita Koen-dori and the rows on…
- December
- High
- 12°C
- Low
- 4°C
- Rain
- 54 mm
December in Yokohama is dry, bright and cold, and the year-end calendar matters more than the weather. From about December 29 to January 3, many museums, gardens and small…