Climate · Tokyo

Tokyo in April

Mild and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in Tokyo is mild: highs near 65°F, lows near 49°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 46 minutes from the first week to the last.April in Tokyo is mild: highs near 18°C, lows near 9°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 46 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
65°F18°Caverage
Low
49°F9°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 40% of days
Daylight
13h 04mon average

Is April a good time to visit Tokyo?


A good month, just outside Tokyo's best months, which run in two parts: May to June, or October.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How April sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 65°F in April, against 50°F to 89°F through the year.Highs near 18°C in April, against 10°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

40% of days in April, against 20% to 50% through the year.

Cloud cover

53% cover in April, against 33% to 69% through the year.

Daylight

13h 04m in April, against 9h 47m to 14h 32m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with April shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side


  1. March57°14°low 40°low 4°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. April65°18°low 49°low 9°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. May74°23°low 58°low 14°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Tokyo sits, in April

Asia/Tokyo

this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
5:09 AMsets 6:13 PM
Above the sea
30 mlow-lying
Latitude
35.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Hakone77 km south-west

The land around Tokyo, shaded by its typical high in April, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Japan in April

high · low · wet days

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Tokyo. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.