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One city, twelve months: how the weather rates, how crowded and expensive it gets, and what is on. Tap a month to see what each cell is based on.

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Tokyo across the year

Best-looking months for Tokyo: Jan, May, Oct. Rated avoid: Aug.

Green is good news, amber needs planning, red is a month to avoid. A dashed grey cell with a question mark means our data does not say: it is left unknown, never filled in. Crowd and price levels come from the country's month table, so they are the same for every city in it.

May in Tokyo

Typical highs 24°C (75°F), lows 15°C (59°F), rain on about 11 days.

WeatherGreat
Avoid Golden Week. Typical highs around 24 °C, lows around 15 °C, rain on about 11 days.Based on: Voykit month rating for Tokyo
CrowdsMedium
Medium crowd level: Japan overall. After Golden Week, one of the best months: warm, green, calmer.Based on: Japan overall month table, not a city measurement
PricesMedium
Medium price level: Japan overall.Based on: Japan overall month table, not a city measurement
Events4 events
4 listed: Grand Sumo tournaments; Golden Week; Sanja Matsuri; and 1 more.Based on: Festival and holiday lists

What is on

  • Grand Sumo tournaments (15 days, starting the second Sunday of the month)checkTickets sell out on release weekends; same-day unreserved seats in small numbers (check).
  • Golden Week (About 29 April – 5 May)Japan's biggest holiday week: Shinkansen and day-trip trains full, Tokyo itself a little calmer. Book onward travel early.
  • Sanja Matsuri (Third weekend of May)Portable shrines carried through the streets for three days; Asakusa is packed and slow.
  • Kanda Matsuri (Mid-May, main parade in odd-numbered years)checkProcessions through central streets; roads closed around Kanda.

Full May guide for Tokyo · All months