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Japan · 35.68°N 139.69°E · 30-year monthly averages, judged against the Warm preset (highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers)

No month in Tokyo 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; August to October and June is a true monsoon, with 168–208 mm6.6–8.2 in a month and a peak in September (208 mm8.2 in). August is the hottest month (highs of 31 °C88 °F) and January the coldest (10 °C50 °F).

The figures are 30-year monthly averages (WorldClim 2.1 monthly normals 1970–2000) for the 0.25° grid cell at 35.68, 139.69. This is a climate guide, not a forecast.

Tokyo weather by month

Pick the weather you like. Every month is then judged against it: temperature above the month names, rain below.

Weather you like

highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers

No month fits a Warm holiday here.

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▲ Highs average daily high , coldest to warmest month
10°49°JAN481.910°50°FEB642.513°55°MAR1044.119°65°APR1285.023°73°MAY1445.725°77°JUN1927.629°83°JUL1606.331°87°AUG1686.627°80°SEP2088.222°71°OCT1766.917°62°NOV883.512°54°DEC481.9
▼ Rainfall per month, driest to wettest

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 Tokyo'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.

MonthRain High Low SeasonWarm verdict
January481.91049133drytoo cold
February642.51050134showerstoo cold
March1044.11355439rainytoo cold
April1285.019651049rainytoo rainy
May1445.723731457rainytoo rainy
June1927.625771864monsoonmonsoon
July1606.329832272rainytoo hot
August1686.631872373monsoontoo hot
September2088.227802067monsoonmonsoon
October1766.922711457monsoonmonsoon
November883.51762846showerstoo cold
December481.91254337drytoo cold

When to go to Tokyo, by holiday type

Looking forRuleMonths that fit
Warmhighs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showersno month
Tropicalhighs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, any rain except monsoonJuly
Beachhighs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, dry or showersno month
Coolhighs 3–19 °C37–66 °F, any rain except monsoonNovember to March
Snowhighs below 3 °C37 °F, any rainno month

Is there a rainy season in Tokyo?

Yes. The rainy season is March to October; August to October and June is a true monsoon, with 168–208 mm6.6–8.2 in a month and a peak in September (208 mm8.2 in). Outside the rainy season, December to January is dry.

August is the hottest month (highs of 31 °C88 °F) and January the coldest (10 °C50 °F). Annual rainfall is about 1,528 mm60 in.

Where to go instead when Tokyo does not fit

The nearest destinations that fit the Warm preset in the months when Tokyo does not:

Nearby destinations

distances in . Tap a unit to switch.

The interactive map colours the whole world by how well it fits the weather you like, in any month, and shows this chart for any place you tap.