When to go · Tokyo
Tokyo in October
Great month. Good walking weather.
Key facts
- Verdict
- Great
- Temperature
- 22° / 15°
- average high / low
- Rain days
- 10
- Crowds
- Medium
- Japan overall
- Prices
- Medium
- Japan overall
Verdict
Good walking weather.
Weather in October
- TokyoHighs around 22 °C, lows around 15 °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.
Autumn season
Ginkgo avenues turn gold in late November (Jingū Gaien), maples in Rikugien and Shinjuku Gyoen, sumo in September.
Watch: Early-autumn typhoons.
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.
Typhoon season
Peaks late August–September · Whole city
Trains can stop for half a day; Hakone, Fuji and island trips are the first cancelled. Watch the forecast two days out.
Halloween in Shibuya check
Around 31 October · Shibuya crossing and Center-gai
Police crowd control and a street-drinking ban around the station; many shops close early.
Tokyo International Film Festival check
Late October – early November (check) · Hibiya and Ginza
Screenings with English subtitles; open to the public.
Crowds and prices
- Crowds · Japan overall
- Medium
- Prices · Japan overall
- Medium
Japan overall: Clear, mild and dry: the best all-round month.
What to pack
- A rain jacket or umbrella and shoes that dry fast