Nagoya and Tokyo have similar daytime temperatures, Nagoya gets 87 mm (3.4 in) more rain a year.
Nagoya is at its warmest in August and coolest in January, while Tokyo peaks in August and bottoms out in January. Month for month, Tokyo is the warmer of the two in 9 of 11 months.
Nagoya is the wetter of the two, collecting 1,697 mm (66.8 in) of rain a year against 1,610 mm (63.4 in) in Tokyo. The most comfortable time to visit is June, September and October in Nagoya and May, June and October in Tokyo.
| Nagoya | Metric | Tokyo |
|---|---|---|
| 🌡️ Temperature | ||
| 19.4°C | 🌡️Average daytime high | 19.8°C |
| 11.6°C | 🌙Average nighttime low | 11.6°C |
| August | 🔥Hottest month | August |
| January | ❄️Coldest month | January |
| 🌧️ Rain | ||
| 1,697 mm | 🌧️Annual rainfall | 1,610 mm |
| September | ☔Wettest month | September |
| January | 🏜️Driest month | December |
| 💨 Climate | ||
| 80% | 💧Average humidity | 79% |
| 2.9 m/s | 💨Average wind speed | 2.6 m/s |
Overnight, Nagoya typically falls to around 11.6°C (52.9°F) while Tokyo settles near 11.6°C (52.9°F).
Nagoya is hottest in August and coldest in January, whereas Tokyo peaks in August and is coolest in January.
Nagoya sees the most rain in September and the least in January; Tokyo is wettest in September and driest in December.
Nagoya feels the more humid of the two, averaging 80% relative humidity against 79%.
For Tokyo, the pick of the year is May, June and October.
Month by month, here is the coldest night, the average day and the hottest afternoon each city can expect. Switch Compare to read rainfall, humidity, wind or solar instead, and Period to move between the long-term 45-year average and any single year — the shading is a quick warm-to-cool guide.
| Month | Nagoya | Tokyo | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Avg | Max | Min | Avg | Max | |
| January | 0.9 | 4.5❄️ | 8.1 | 0.9 | 5❄️ | 9.2 |
| February | 1 | 5 | 9.1 | 1.2 | 5.5 | 9.9 |
| March | 3.7 | 8.3 | 13 | 4 | 8.7 | 13.4 |
| April | 8.5 | 13.3 | 18.2 | 8.9 | 13.6 | 18.4 |
| May | 13.4 | 17.9 | 22.4 | 13.9 | 18.3 | 22.7 |
| June | 18.3 | 22 | 25.8 | 18.1 | 21.9 | 25.7 |
| July | 22.7 | 26 | 29.3 | 22.1 | 25.8 | 29.4 |
| August | 23.8 | 27.2🔥 | 30.5 | 23.6 | 27.3🔥 | 31 |
| September | 20.5 | 24 | 27.4 | 20.5 | 24 | 27.5 |
| October | 14.2 | 18.1 | 22 | 14.4 | 18.2 | 22 |
| November | 8.4 | 12.5 | 16.6 | 8.7 | 12.8 | 16.9 |
| December | 3.2 | 7.1 | 10.9 | 3.4 | 7.6 | 11.8 |
| Annual Avg | 11.5 | 15.5 | 19.4 | 11.6 | 15.7 | 19.8 |
Min / mean / max temperature (°C). 🔥 marks each city's hottest month, ❄️ its coldest; shading runs cool blue to warm red.
The same figures plotted out, so the shape of a typical year is easier to see than in a grid. Where the two lines run close together Nagoya and Tokyo feel alike; where they separate, they are genuinely different places to be.
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Quick answers to the questions people ask most when comparing Nagoya and Tokyo — each drawn straight from the climate figures above.
Nagoya and Tokyo are about equally warm. Daytime highs average 19.4°C (66.9°F) in Nagoya and 19.8°C (67.6°F) in Tokyo, so neither is clearly the warmer choice over the year.
Nagoya is hottest in August, averaging highs of about 30.5°C (86.9°F), while Tokyo peaks in August at around 31°C (87.7°F). That makes Tokyo the hotter of the two at the height of summer.
Nagoya gets colder. In its coldest month (January) overnight lows average about 0.9°C (33.5°F), compared with 0.9°C (33.6°F) at the low point of the year in Tokyo.
Nagoya is the wetter city, collecting about 1,697 mm (66.8 in) of rain a year versus 1,610 mm (63.4 in) in Tokyo. Nagoya is wettest in September and driest in January; Tokyo is wettest in September and driest in December.
Humidity is similar in both, averaging around 80% in Nagoya and 79% in Tokyo across the year.
The most comfortable months in Nagoya are June, September and October, when average temperatures are at their mildest.
Tokyo is at its most pleasant around May, June and October, based on the mildest average temperatures of the year.
Tokyo is the warmer city in 9 of the 11 months of the year. The gap is widest in January, about 0.5°C (0.9°F), and narrowest in September, about 0°C (0°F).
Both have a similar seasonal range — around 22.7°C (40.9°F) between the coldest and hottest months — so neither climate is noticeably more extreme than the other.
On climate alone, Tokyo comes out ahead — it offers less rain than Nagoya. Nagoya is the better fit only if you'd actually prefer more rainfall.
Every figure on this page is calculated from NASA POWER satellite climate data spanning 1981–2025 (45 years). The averages describe the long-term climate of Nagoya and Tokyo, not a single year's weather or a short-range forecast.
