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Weather in Tokyo

A twenty-one degree swing across the year, and an autumn that is wetter than the rainy season.

Japan's meteorological agency puts Tokyo's 1991 to 2020 mean at 26.9C in August and 5.4C in January, an annual mean of 15.8C. A summer layover and a winter layover need genuinely different bags.

October is the wettest month at 234.8mm and September is second at 224.9mm, both ahead of the June and July rainy season at 167.8mm and 156.2mm. Annual precipitation is 1,598.2mm.

Shoulder months are the comfortable ones on the numbers: April at 14.3C and November at 12.5C sit between the summer and winter extremes.

February is the driest month at 56.5mm, with December just behind at 57.9mm.

Japan Meteorological Agency: tables of climatological normals (1991-2020) · checked 2026-09-03

The rest of Tokyo

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Getting out of the airportHaneda has two rail operators and a sub-twenty-minute run into town. Narita's fastest published run is thirty-six minutes, and it is a committed ride whichever train you take.Ride-hailingApps dispatch licensed taxis to marked stands that are not where the taxi rank is, and at Narita the fixed fare is the headline number.Local laws that catch crew outThe medicine in your washbag is the offence most likely to end a Tokyo layover in custody.Staying connectedFree Wi-Fi across all three Haneda terminals, but the SIM counters keep shop hours and Narita's are all landside.Eating near the crew hotelsCards are widely taken but not universally, so carry cash, and the table manners that would be rude at home are not rude here.What to buyThe tax-free system changes on 1 November 2026 from an exemption at the till to a refund confirmed by Customs at departure.TippingNot expected anywhere you will go, and pushing it is the awkward move rather than the generous one.