When to go · Kyoto
Kyoto in October
Great month. Comfortable walking weather.
Key facts
- Verdict
- Great
- Temperature
- 23° / 14°
- average high / low
- Rain days
- 9
- Crowds
- Medium
- Japan overall
- Prices
- Medium
- Japan overall
Verdict
GreatVoykit month rating for Kyoto
Comfortable walking weather.
Weather in October
- KyotoHighs around 23 °C, lows around 14 °C, rain on about 9 days
- Honshū cities, Japan · Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshimabest weather
Rainy season June to mid-July; humid heat July–August; typhoon risk peaks in September.
Autumn season
Maple colour mid to late November at Tōfuku-ji, Eikan-dō and Arashiyama; night illuminations at temples.
Watch: Mid-November is the busiest fortnight of the year.
Festivals and holidays
Dates as our data lists them. Moving holidays (lunar and Islamic calendars, Easter) shift every year: check the date for your year before you build a trip on it.
Jidai Matsuri
Oct 22
Historical procession; road closures in the centre.
Crowds and prices
- Crowds · Japan overall
- Medium
- Prices · Japan overall
- Medium
- Room rates · Kyoto
- Normal
- Rising; Jidai Matsuri 22 Oct.
Japan overall: Clear, mild and dry: the best all-round month.
What to pack
Nothing unusual for the weather this month.