When to go · Kyoto
Kyoto in September
Mixed month. Heat lingers; typhoon risk.
Key facts
- Verdict
- Mixed
- Temperature
- 29° / 20°
- average high / low
- Rain days
- 11
- Crowds
- Medium
- Japan overall
- Prices
- Medium
- Japan overall
Verdict
MixedVoykit month rating for Kyoto
Heat lingers; typhoon risk.
Weather in September
- KyotoHighs around 29 °C, lows around 20 °C, rain on about 11 days
- Honshū cities, Japan · Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshimastorm or typhoon risk
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.
Crowds and prices
- Crowds · Japan overall
- Medium
- Prices · Japan overall
- Medium
- Room rates · Kyoto
- Normal
- Holiday weekends run high.
Japan overall: Still hot; typhoon peak can cancel flights and ferries for a day or two.
What to pack
- A rain jacket or umbrella and shoes that dry fast
- A spare day in the plan: storms can cancel flights and ferries