Best time to visit Kyoto
Our pick for sun: May, July to October.
The best months
- SunMay, July to October
- CityOctober
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The twelve months at a glance
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Best avoided, 20/100 | Best avoided, 20/100 | Best avoided, 20/100 | Fair, 40/100 | Good, 71/100 | Good, 65/100 | Good, 68/100 | Good, 73/100 | Good, 77/100 | Good, 71/100 | Best avoided, 20/100 | Best avoided, 20/100 |
| City | Fair, 38/100 | Fair, 45/100 | Fair, 50/100 | Good, 73/100 | Good, 74/100 | Good, 65/100 | Fair, 51/100 | Fair, 44/100 | Good, 67/100 | Ideal, 80/100 | Good, 78/100 | Fair, 58/100 |
- Ideal
- Good
- Fair
- Best avoided
- Risk flagged
Temperatures and rain
See the month-by-month values
| Month | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7°C | 0°C | 72 mm |
| February | 8°C | 0°C | 78 mm |
| March | 12°C | 3°C | 127 mm |
| April | 18°C | 8°C | 137 mm |
| May | 23°C | 13°C | 157 mm |
| June | 26°C | 18°C | 210 mm |
| July | 30°C | 22°C | 246 mm |
| August | 31°C | 23°C | 147 mm |
| September | 27°C | 19°C | 192 mm |
| October | 21°C | 13°C | 164 mm |
| November | 16°C | 7°C | 87 mm |
| December | 10°C | 2°C | 71 mm |
Estimated flight time
- From YUL : about 13 h 10 min
- From YYZ : about 13 h 10 min
- From YVR : about 10 h 05 min
Estimate of a nonstop flight computed from the distance: not a schedule. Connections lengthen the trip.
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Where this data comes from
Temperatures, sunshine and rain: monthly normals we computed over 1991-2020. These are estimates from a climate reanalysis, not station readings.
- ERA5 reanalysis-era5-single-levels-timeseries (C3S, CC-BY)
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5, 2026, CC BY 4.0 licence). Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains. Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 (Huang et al., 2021, J. Climate 34, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0166.1).