When to go · Osaka
Osaka in May
Great month. Avoid Golden Week.
Key facts
- Verdict
- Great
- Temperature
- 25° / 16°
- average high / low
- Rain days
- 10
- Crowds
- Medium
- Japan overall
- Prices
- Medium
- Japan overall
Verdict
GreatVoykit month rating for Osaka
Avoid Golden Week.
Weather in May
- OsakaHighs around 25 °C, lows around 16 °C, rain on about 10 days
- Honshū cities, Japan · Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshimabest weather
Rainy season June to mid-July; humid heat July–August; typhoon risk peaks in September.
Spring season
Plum blossom in the castle park in February, cherry blossom late March to early April, the Mint Bureau passage in mid-April.
Watch: Golden Week (late Apr–early May): full trains and hotels.
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.
Golden Week
About 29 April – 5 May · Nationwide
Trains to Kyoto and Nara full, USJ at peak; Osaka hotels expensive.
Crowds and prices
- Crowds · Japan overall
- Medium
- Prices · Japan overall
- Medium
Japan overall: After Golden Week, one of the best months: warm, green, calmer.
What to pack
- A rain jacket or umbrella and shoes that dry fast