When to go · Tokyo
Tokyo in September
Mixed month. Heat and typhoons.
Key facts
- Verdict
- Mixed
- Temperature
- 28° / 20°
- average high / low
- Rain days
- 12
- Crowds
- Medium
- Japan overall
- Prices
- Medium
- Japan overall
Verdict
Heat and typhoons.
Weather in September
- TokyoHighs around 28 °C, lows around 20 °C, rain on about 12 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
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.
Grand Sumo tournaments check
15 days, starting the second Sunday of the month · Ryōgoku Kokugikan
Tickets sell out on release weekends; same-day unreserved seats in small numbers (check).
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.
Crowds and prices
- Crowds · Japan overall
- Medium
- Prices · Japan overall
- Medium
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