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Historical averages 2016–2025 · not a forecast
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When is the best time to visit Kyoto?
For a warm holiday, the best week has been 29 May – 4 June (Weather Index 87). Several start dates remain plausible, and the best timing varies between years. August is warmest (34°C), November is driest and July and August have the most sun.
- Warmest
- August 34°C
- Coolest
- January 9°C
- Driest
- November 21% rain-day chance
- Wettest
- July 56% rain-day chance
- Sunniest
- July and August 10 hours a day
A rain day has 1 mm or more, snow included, so a short shower counts. Monthly averages below give the amounts.
Monthly averages in Kyoto
Kyoto historical monthly estimates, 2016–2025. Temperatures and sunshine are daily averages.
| Month | High (°C) | Low (°C) | Rain-day chance (%) | Expected rain days | Precipitation (mm/month) | Sunshine (hours/day) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.3 | 1.4 | 26.8 | 8.3 | 56.9 | 8.1 |
| February | 10.3 | 2.0 | 31.1 | 8.7 | 60.8 | 8.1 |
| March | 15.1 | 5.4 | 36.8 | 11.4 | 117.2 | 8.6 |
| April | 20.2 | 10.2 | 35.0 | 10.5 | 154.6 | 8.9 |
| May | 24.6 | 15.0 | 37.1 | 11.5 | 166.4 | 9.5 |
| June | 27.9 | 19.7 | 49.7 | 14.9 | 213.6 | 9.0 |
| July | 32.1 | 24.8 | 55.8 | 17.3 | 260.3 | 9.5 |
| August | 33.5 | 25.7 | 46.1 | 14.3 | 200.5 | 10.4 |
| September | 29.7 | 22.4 | 48.3 | 14.5 | 175.8 | 8.6 |
| October | 23.3 | 15.4 | 38.7 | 12.0 | 182.1 | 8.0 |
| November | 17.7 | 8.6 | 21.3 | 6.4 | 62.9 | 8.1 |
| December | 11.8 | 3.3 | 22.9 | 7.1 | 56.1 | 7.9 |
Each month averages its own days. Precipitation includes snow. About the data
Sources
Open-Meteo · 1 Jan 2016 – 31 Dec 2025
- Open-Meteo Historical Weather API
- Local days, 2016–2025, every year weighted equally. Each weekly chart averages its own seven days, without smoothing.
- Shading shows the 10th–90th percentile of past days, not forecast confidence.
- A rain day has at least 1 mm, snow included. The last weekly period has eight days.
- Wind is the average daytime (10:00–18:00) maximum, not gusts. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Missing readings stay blank.
- Mugginess (dew point) comes from the original daily summaries, on UTC days.
- The live two-week forecast comes from the Open-Meteo Weather Forecast API. The Weather Index does not use it.