When to go · Kyoto
Kyoto in June
Mixed month. Rainy season; plan indoor bailouts.
Key facts
- Verdict
- Mixed
- Temperature
- 28° / 19°
- average high / low
- Rain days
- 13
- Crowds
- Low
- Japan overall
- Prices
- Medium
- Japan overall
Verdict
MixedVoykit month rating for Kyoto
Rainy season; plan indoor bailouts.
Weather in June
- KyotoHighs around 28 °C, lows around 19 °C, rain on about 13 days
- Honshū cities, Japan · Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshimarainy
Rainy season June to mid-July; humid heat July–August; typhoon risk peaks in September.
Summer season
Gion Matsuri floats through July (processions on 17 and 24 July), riverside dining platforms, the Daimonji bonfires on 16 August.
Watch: 35 °C basin heat; June rain.
Crowds and prices
- Crowds · Japan overall
- Low
- Prices · Japan overall
- Medium
- Room rates · Kyoto
- Low
- Rainy season: good value if you pack an umbrella.
Japan overall: Rainy season in Honshū: grey, humid, fewer tourists; Hokkaidō is at its best.
What to pack
- A rain jacket or umbrella and shoes that dry fast