Tokyo in October: weather, what to wear and what's on

Tokyo weather in October

Averages for 1991–2020 at the JMA's Tokyo station (25 m above sea level).

High

22.0°C (72°F)

Low

14.8°C (59°F)

Precipitation

234.8 mm

Wet days

10.5 days

Sunshine

129 hours

Highs fall 5.5°C from September and drop another 5.3°C into November.

That is 1.7°C above Tokyo's yearly average high of 20.3°C.

Of our 14 places with temperature records, Tokyo is the 7th coldest in October: 0.6°C cooler than Nara and 0.2°C warmer than Kanazawa.

Of our 15 places, Tokyo has the 2nd highest precipitation in October: 169.0 mm less than Hakone and 4.8 mm more than Kawaguchiko.

Rain of 1 mm or more falls on 10.5 days, and 10 mm or more on 5.3 days.

Rain of 30 mm or more in one day falls on 2.3 days, and 50 mm or more on 1.2 days.

The sun is out for 40% or more of the possible hours on 14.0 days, and 6.7 days have under 0.1 hours of sunshine.

By the JMA's cloud records, 2.3 days are clear and 14.8 are overcast.

On 15 October 2026 the sun rises at 5:47 and sets at 17:06 in Tokyo, giving 11 hours 19 minutes of daylight (NAOJ).

Average temperature

18.0°C (64°F)

Humidity

71%

Days of 25°C or more

5.7 days

Early, mid and late October

By the last ten days of October the average high in Tokyo is 3.3°C lower than in the first ten.

By ten-day totals, 1–10 October is the wettest (102.9 mm) and 21–31 October the driest (61.3 mm).

What to wear in Tokyo in October

Mild: highs around 22.0°C

• Long sleeves, or a T-shirt with a light jacket or cardigan.
• An umbrella: rain falls on 10.5 days.

Pack

• Umbrella

• Our clothing rules

Rainy season and typhoons

In an average October, 0.7 typhoons come within 300 km of the Kanto-Koshin region; across Japan, 1.7 come within 300 km and 0.3 make landfall (JMA, 1991–2020).

October records in Tokyo

The extremes the JMA has measured in October at its Tokyo station.

Hottest October day

32.6°C (91°F) on 1 October 1979 (records since 1875)

Coldest October night

−0.5°C (31°F) on 31 October 1877 (records since 1875)

Wettest October day

222.5 mm on 9 October 2004 (records since 1875)

Holidays and crowds in October

National holidays in October 2026:

• Mon 12 October — Sports Day

• Sat 10 October to Mon 12 October: 3 days off in a row

In October 2025, hotels and inns across Tokyo were 80.6% full on average (the busiest month of the year). Foreign guests spent 5.36 million nights there that month (Japan Tourism Agency). That compares with 76.5% in September and 79.8% in November.

• Japan in October: visitor numbers and busy travel days
• Holidays in October

What's on in Tokyo in October

Tokyo before and after October

• Tokyo in September
• Tokyo in November
• All 12 months in Tokyo

Other places in October

• All 15 places in October

Related items

• Tokyo by month
• Japan in October
• Tokyo in September
• Tokyo in November