According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Japan is March to May and September to November. Plan 10–14 days.
Best months for Japan
- Best months
- March to May and September to November
- How long to stay
- 10–14 days
- Continent
- Asia
What Japan is best for
Iconic shrines in Kyoto, bustling Tokyo neighborhoods, incredible markets, and safe, seamless public transport.
- Prices
- €€ · about the same as in Slovakia
Weather in Japan by month
Monthly averages around Tokyo; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January | about 5 °C | some rain (78 mm) |
| February | about 6 °C | some rain (78 mm) |
| March best | about 9 °C | a lot of rain (120 mm) |
| April best | about 14 °C | a lot of rain (135 mm) |
| May best | about 18 °C | a lot of rain (144 mm) |
| June | about 22 °C | a lot of rain (186 mm) |
| July | about 26 °C | a lot of rain (147 mm) |
| August | about 27 °C | a lot of rain (129 mm) |
| September best | about 24 °C | a lot of rain (210 mm) |
| October best | about 18 °C | a lot of rain (237 mm) |
| November best | about 13 °C | a lot of rain (120 mm) |
| December | about 7 °C | some rain (81 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about Japan
- Capital
- Tokyo
- Language
- Japanese
- Currency
- Japanese Yen (JPY)
- Time
- UTC+9
- Plugs
- Type A, B · 100 V
- Driving
- On the left
- Calling code
- +81
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
Our posts about Japan
Miško’s huddle has hidden 19 painted penguin stones in Japan so far. See them on Penguinstones →