January 9° · ☂ 6 February 10° · ☂ 8 March 15° · ☂ 10 April 20° · ☂ 9 ★ May25° · ☂ 9 June 29° · ☂ 11 July 33° · ☂ 13 August 34° · ☂ 9 September 30° · ☂ 10 ★ October24° · ☂ 9 November 18° · ☂ 6 December 12° · ☂ 7 Kyoto in October:warm, frequent rain Kyoto, Japan · Records from 2006 to 2025. Not a forecast.
Mean high 24° Hottest day 33.7° (2019)
Mean low 15° Coldest night 6.1° (2025)
Rain days 9 days 4-16 by year
Rainfall 135mm Daylight 11.9 → 10.8 h
Kyoto's 12 months i Best: May and October
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Trip types Sightseeing on foot Finemild and storm risk
Humidity 75% 2 muggy days
Clear days 7 days 9 overcast days
Mean wind 9 km/h Rarely windy
Sunrise / sunset (15th) 06:02 / 17:23 Daylight 11.9 → 10.8 h
Kyoto in October Jidai Matsuri on October 22 sends a costume procession through the city, from early eras up to the Meiji period. The same night the northern village of Kurama holds its fire festival, and the little train is packed, so plan your trip. Days are increasingly clear and mild.
Daytime highs averaged 24°C, with nights at 15°C. Comfortably warm without being punishing. About 9 days a month saw rain, enough that a wet-weather plan was worth having. A visitor in 2012 met 4 rain days; one in 2017 met 16. The average of 9 hid that gap.
Each rainy day brought about 15 mm, closer to downpours than drizzle.
Typhoons i 5 of the last 20 years had a tropical storm pass within 300 km this month.
Vongfong (2014), 57 km away tropical storm Melor (2009), 126 km away typhoon strength Phanfone (2014), 150 km away typhoon strength 1 2 3 4 5 2 6 7 7 8 8 11 9 5 10 11 12
Date by date i Sun
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October 1 Thursday 1 rain in 8 of 20 yrs 8/20 27° 18° October 2 Friday 2 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 27° 18° October 3 Saturday 3 rain in 9 of 20 yrs 9/20 27° 18° 1-3 rain on 35% of days 27° 18°
October 4 Sunday 4 rain in 8 of 20 yrs 8/20 26° 18° October 5 Monday 5 rain in 9 of 20 yrs 9/20 25° 18° October 6 Tuesday 6 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 25° 18° October 7 Wednesday 7 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 25° 17° October 8 Thursday 8 rain in 8 of 20 yrs 8/20 25° 17° October 9 Friday 9 rain in 8 of 20 yrs 8/20 25° 17° October 10 Saturday 10 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 26° 17° 4-10 rain on 34% of days 25° 17°
October 11 Sunday 11 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 25° 17° October 12 Monday 12 rain in 2 of 20 yrs 2/20 25° 16° October 13 Tuesday 13 rain in 2 of 20 yrs 2/20 24° 16° October 14 Wednesday 14 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 24° 15° October 15 Thursday 15 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 24° 15° October 16 Friday 16 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 24° 15° October 17 Saturday 17 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 23° 15° 11-17 rain on 23% of days 24° 15°
October 18 Sunday 18 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 24° 14° October 19 Monday 19 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 23° 14° October 20 Tuesday 20 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 23° 14° October 21 Wednesday 21 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 23° 13° October 22 Thursday 22 rain in 8 of 20 yrs 8/20 22° 14° October 23 Friday 23 rain in 8 of 20 yrs 8/20 23° 14° October 24 Saturday 24 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 22° 13° 18-24 rain on 29% of days 23° 14°
October 25 Sunday 25 rain in 8 of 20 yrs 8/20 21° 13° October 26 Monday 26 rain in 8 of 20 yrs 8/20 22° 13° October 27 Tuesday 27 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 22° 12° October 28 Wednesday 28 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 21° 12° October 29 Thursday 29 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 21° 12° October 30 Friday 30 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 21° 11° October 31 Saturday 31 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 21° 11° 25-31 rain on 28% of days 21° 12°
1-3 rain on 35% of days 27° 18° 4-10 rain on 34% of days 25° 17° 11-17 rain on 23% of days 24° 15° 18-24 rain on 29% of days 23° 14° 25-31 rain on 28% of days 21° 12°
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October 1 Friday 1 rain in 8 of 20 yrs 8/20 27° 18° October 2 Saturday 2 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 27° 18° 1-2 rain on 30% of days 27° 18°
October 3 Sunday 3 rain in 9 of 20 yrs 9/20 27° 18° October 4 Monday 4 rain in 8 of 20 yrs 8/20 26° 18° October 5 Tuesday 5 rain in 9 of 20 yrs 9/20 25° 18° October 6 Wednesday 6 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 25° 18° October 7 Thursday 7 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 25° 17° October 8 Friday 8 rain in 8 of 20 yrs 8/20 25° 17° October 9 Saturday 9 rain in 8 of 20 yrs 8/20 25° 17° 3-9 rain on 39% of days 26° 17°
October 10 Sunday 10 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 26° 17° October 11 Monday 11 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 25° 17° October 12 Tuesday 12 rain in 2 of 20 yrs 2/20 25° 16° October 13 Wednesday 13 rain in 2 of 20 yrs 2/20 24° 16° October 14 Thursday 14 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 24° 15° October 15 Friday 15 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 24° 15° October 16 Saturday 16 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 24° 15° 10-16 rain on 20% of days 25° 16°
October 17 Sunday 17 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 23° 15° October 18 Monday 18 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 24° 14° October 19 Tuesday 19 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 23° 14° October 20 Wednesday 20 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 23° 14° October 21 Thursday 21 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 23° 13° October 22 Friday 22 rain in 8 of 20 yrs 8/20 22° 14° October 23 Saturday 23 rain in 8 of 20 yrs 8/20 23° 14° 17-23 rain on 29% of days 23° 14°
October 24 Sunday 24 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 22° 13° October 25 Monday 25 rain in 8 of 20 yrs 8/20 21° 13° October 26 Tuesday 26 rain in 8 of 20 yrs 8/20 22° 13° October 27 Wednesday 27 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 22° 12° October 28 Thursday 28 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 21° 12° October 29 Friday 29 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 21° 12° October 30 Saturday 30 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 21° 11° 24-30 rain on 29% of days 21° 12°
October 31 Sunday 31 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 21° 11°
October 31 rain on 25% of days 21° 11°
1-2 rain on 30% of days 27° 18° 3-9 rain on 39% of days 26° 17° 10-16 rain on 20% of days 25° 16° 17-23 rain on 29% of days 23° 14° 24-30 rain on 29% of days 21° 12° October 31 rain on 25% of days 21° 11°
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2006 none
2007 none
2008 none
2009 17mm
2010 19mm
2011 none
2012 none
2013 none
2014 5mm
2015 none
2016 4mm
2017 2mm
2018 none
2019 13mm
2020 none
2021 none
2022 none
2023 3mm
2024 36mm
2025 2mm
Holidays in October (2026) October 12 Sports DayOctober 12 Columbus Day 1 Local public holiday or break (busier, pricier)1 US holidays (flights fill up)
Holidays in October (2027) October 11 Sports DayOctober 11 Columbus Day 1 Local public holiday or break (busier, pricier)1 US holidays (flights fill up)
Day by day temperature i 10° 18° 27° 35° 1 8 15 22 29 31
Your trip dates, the past 20 years Trip dates October 1 (Thu) 2 (Fri) 3 (Sat) 4 (Sun) 5 (Mon) 6 (Tue) 7 (Wed) 8 (Thu) 9 (Fri) 10 (Sat) 11 (Sun) 12 (Mon) 13 (Tue) 14 (Wed) 15 (Thu) 16 (Fri) 17 (Sat) 18 (Sun) 19 (Mon) 20 (Tue) 21 (Wed) 22 (Thu) 23 (Fri) 24 (Sat) 25 (Sun) 26 (Mon) 27 (Tue) 28 (Wed) 29 (Thu) 30 (Fri) 31 (Sat) ~ October 1 (Thu) 2 (Fri) 3 (Sat) 4 (Sun) 5 (Mon) 6 (Tue) 7 (Wed) 8 (Thu) 9 (Fri) 10 (Sat) 11 (Sun) 12 (Mon) 13 (Tue) 14 (Wed) 15 (Thu) 16 (Fri) 17 (Sat) 18 (Sun) 19 (Mon) 20 (Tue) 21 (Wed) 22 (Thu) 23 (Fri) 24 (Sat) 25 (Sun) 26 (Mon) 27 (Tue) 28 (Wed) 29 (Thu) 30 (Fri) 31 (Sat) 1-7 8-14 15-21 22-end Whole month
You can also click two dates on the axis. Hover a cell to see that day's rain. By year Driest trips first
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Trip rain days Month rain days Tap a date to start, tap another to end. Each cell is that date in one year. '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25
of 20 Dates outside your trip are dimmed.
One row per year, one cell per day. 2012 had 4 rain days, 2017 had 16.
Common questions Does it rain a lot in Kyoto in October? Over the past 20 years October averaged 9 rain days (1 mm or more) out of 31. Individual years ran from 4 in the driest to 16 in the wettest.
What should I wear in Kyoto in October? Days averaged 24°C and nights 15°C. Pack a compact umbrella, a waterproof jacket, a light layer for the evenings, and T-shirts.
Is October a good time to visit Kyoto? On warmth and rain days alone, Kyoto's easiest months were May and October. October ranked first of 12.
How many clear days does Kyoto get in October? About 7 clear days (under 30% cloud on average) and 9 overcast days (80% or more).
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