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Japan · 35.68°N 139.69°E · monthly climate normals, judged against the Warm preset (mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showers)

No month in Tokyo fits the Warm preset (mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showers) — it is too cold. The table below shows which holiday types do fit.

The rainy season runs March to October, and August to October and June is a true monsoon — 168–208 mm6.6–8.2 in a month, peaking in September at 208 mm8.2 in. August is the hottest month at 27 °C81 °F and January the coldest at 5 °C41 °F.

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

Tokyo weather by month

Pick the weather you like and every month is judged against it — temperature above the month names, rain below.

Weather you like

mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showers

No month fits a Warm holiday here.

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▲ Temperature mean , coldest to warmest month
41°JAN481.942°FEB642.547°MAR1044.114°57°APR1285.019°65°MAY1445.722°71°JUN1927.626°78°JUL1606.327°81°AUG1686.623°73°SEP2088.218°64°OCT1766.913°55°NOV883.546°DEC481.9
▼ Rainfall per month, driest to wettest

Reading the chart. Gold is good: the month fits what you picked. Any other colour names the reason it doesn't — the temperature bar can be too cold or too hot, the rain bar too dry, too rainy or monsoon. A faded gold bar is a half that fits while the other half fails; a gold month name means both fit.

What the verdicts mean. Temperature is the monthly mean, judged against the preset's band (mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F for Warm). Rain is judged by each month's class within Tokyo's own year rather than raw millimetres: dry under 60 mm2.4 in, showers 60–100 mm2.4–3.9 in, rainy from 100 mm3.9 in and 35 % of the wettest month. Too rainy is a rainy-season month the preset doesn't 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 whose wettest month is at least three times its driest — so every monsoon month is rainy season too; the label says which kind. Full rules on the method page.

MonthRain Mean SeasonWarm verdict
January481.9541drytoo cold
February642.5642showerstoo cold
March1044.1947rainytoo cold
April1285.01457rainytoo rainy
May1445.71965rainytoo rainy
June1927.62271monsoonmonsoon
July1606.32678rainytoo hot
August1686.62781monsoontoo hot
September2088.22373monsoonmonsoon
October1766.91864monsoonmonsoon
November883.51355showerstoo cold
December481.9846drytoo cold

When to go to Tokyo, by holiday type

Looking forRuleMonths that fit
Warmmean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showersno month
Tropicalmean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoonJuly
Beachmean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, dry or showersno month
Coolmean 0–14 °C32–57 °F, anything but the monsoonNovember to March
Snowmean below 0 °C32 °F, any rainno month

Is there a rainy season in Tokyo?

Yes. The rainy season runs March to October, and August to October and June is a true monsoon — 168–208 mm6.6–8.2 in a month, peaking in September at 208 mm8.2 in. Outside it, December to January is dry.

August is the hottest month at 27 °C81 °F and January the coldest at 5 °C41 °F. Annual rainfall totals about 1,528 mm60 in.

Where to go instead when Tokyo doesn't fit

The nearest destinations that do fit the Warm preset in the months Tokyo doesn't:

Nearby destinations

distances in — tap a unit to switch.

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