Japan · 35.01°N 135.77°E · 30-year monthly averages, judged against the Warm preset (highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers)
No month in Kyoto fits the Warm preset (highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers): it is too cold. The table below shows which holiday types do fit.
The rainy season is March to October; June to July and September is a true monsoon, with 208–232 mm8.2–9.1 in a month and a peak in June (232 mm9.1 in). August is the hottest month (highs of 30 °C86 °F) and January the coldest (6 °C43 °F); nights are below freezing from January to February.
The figures are 30-year monthly averages (WorldClim 2.1 monthly normals 1970–2000) for the 0.25° grid cell at 35.01, 135.77. This is a climate guide, not a forecast.
Pick the weather you like. Every month is then judged against it: temperature above the month names, rain below.
No month fits a Warm holiday here.
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Reading the chart. Gold means good: the month fits what you picked. Any other colour shows the reason it does not. The temperature bar can be too cold or too hot; the rain bar can be too dry, too rainy or monsoon. A faded gold bar means that half fits but the other half does not. A gold month name means both halves fit.
What the verdicts mean. Temperature is the month's average daily high (the afternoon), judged against the preset's band (highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F for Warm). Rain is judged by each month's class within Kyoto's own year, not by raw millimetres: dry under 60 mm2.4 in, showers 60–100 mm2.4–3.9 in, rainy from 100 mm3.9 in and at least 35 % of the wettest month. Too rainy is a rainy-season month that the preset does not allow. Monsoon is the heaviest kind of rainy season: 180 mm7.1 in or more (120 mm4.7 in near the yearly peak) in a climate where the wettest month has at least three times the rain of the driest. Every monsoon month is also a rainy-season month; the label says which kind. Full rules on the method page.
| Month | Rain | High | Low | Season | Warm verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 883.5 | 643 | -130 | showers | too cold |
| February | 883.5 | 744 | -130 | showers | too cold |
| March | 1204.7 | 1050 | 235 | rainy | too cold |
| April | 1445.7 | 1762 | 745 | rainy | too cold |
| May | 1526.0 | 2170 | 1253 | rainy | too rainy |
| June | 2329.1 | 2475 | 1762 | monsoon | monsoon |
| July | 2248.8 | 2983 | 2170 | monsoon | too hot |
| August | 1526.0 | 3086 | 2271 | rainy | too hot |
| September | 2088.2 | 2678 | 1864 | monsoon | monsoon |
| October | 1285.0 | 2068 | 1253 | rainy | too rainy |
| November | 883.5 | 1558 | 643 | showers | too cold |
| December | 722.8 | 948 | 235 | showers | too cold |
| Looking for | Rule | Months that fit |
|---|---|---|
| Warm | highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers | |
| Tropical | highs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, any rain except monsoon | August |
| Beach | highs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, dry or showers | |
| Cool | highs 3–19 °C37–66 °F, any rain except monsoon | November to April |
| Snow | highs below 3 °C37 °F, any rain |
Yes. The rainy season is March to October; June to July and September is a true monsoon, with 208–232 mm8.2–9.1 in a month and a peak in June (232 mm9.1 in). Outside the rainy season there is less rain, but it never stops completely.
August is the hottest month (highs of 30 °C86 °F) and January the coldest (6 °C43 °F); nights are below freezing from January to February. Annual rainfall is about 1,696 mm67 in.
The nearest destinations that fit the Warm preset in the months when Kyoto does not:
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