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Tokyo weather by month

Tokyo runs from about 5°C in January to 29°C in August, with June the wettest month at 289 mm.

warmest month

August

29°C

coolest month

January

5°C

wettest month

June

289 mm

worst air month

December

37 µg/m³

The whole year, month by month.

Monthly climate normals for Tokyo
MonthAvg tempRainSunPM2.5
January5°C38 mm248 h32
February7°C85 mm189 h33
March8°C203 mm243 h26
April16°C116 mm215 h23
May19°C247 mm250 h20
June22°C289 mm258 h22
July28°C118 mm302 h16
August29°C192 mm336 h25
September26°C145 mm258 h22
October20°C145 mm200 h23
November13°C138 mm210 h37
December7°C6 mm264 h37

About 2,973 hours of sun a year. Roughly 175 rainy days a year.

These are long-run climate normals, not a forecast. A given year can sit well outside them. PM2.5 is a global model: near the coast it counts sea salt as fine particulate and reads high against ground stations, sometimes by a factor of two. Use the shape of the year, not the absolute number.

where these numbers come from

  • · Temperature, rainfall and sunshine: ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis climate normals via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0), fetched once and stored.
  • · PM2.5: Copernicus CAMS reanalysis, monthly means. Modelled, not station readings; near coasts CAMS counts sea salt as PM2.5 and reads high.

Last reviewed 2026-05-22. Full method, licences and the list of sources we rejected are on the methodology page.