Best time to visit Tokyo
The month-by-month edit — when Tokyo actually opens up, when to avoid it, and how crowds and hotel rates move through the year.
Editor's window: Mar, Nov Three nights at a Kyoto ryokan, three at a Tokyo design hotel, one bullet train between.
The short answer
When Tokyo is at its best
Tokyo is the most over-booked Asian capital in luxury travel and still the one that consistently surprises. The hotel scene is genuinely extraordinary — Aman, Bulgari, Janu, Four Seasons, Mandarin, Park Hyatt, Peninsula — and the dining scene is the largest concentration of Michelin stars on earth, with the bias firmly toward small counter rooms.
Month by month
The Tokyo calendar
Average daytime high, rain days, crowd pressure (1–5) and hotel-rate index (1–5). Verified against climate-data.org and our hotel-rate tracking.
| Month | Avg high | Rain days | Crowd | Rate idx |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10°C | 6 d | ||
| Feb | 11°C | 7 d | ||
| Mar | 14°C | 10 d | ||
| Apr | 19°C | 11 d | ||
| May | 23°C | 11 d | ||
| Jun | 26°C | 12 d | ||
| Jul | 30°C | 11 d | ||
| Aug | 32°C | 9 d | ||
| Sep | 28°C | 12 d | ||
| Oct | 22°C | 10 d | ||
| Nov | 17°C | 7 d | ||
| Dec | 12°C | 5 d |
Sources: Numbeo cost-of-living — Tokyo · climate-data.org — Tokyo