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Tokyo in January: every year compared

In January, Tokyo averages highs of 8.7 °C and lows of 0.8 °C, with 67 mm of precipitation. The warmest January was 1989 (6.6 °C), the coldest 1945 (0.7 °C).

Avg. highAvg. high 8.7 °C

Avg. lowAvg. low 0.8 °C

PrecipitationPrecipitation 67 mm

Rainy daysRainy days 7

Day by day through January

Normal high and low for each day of January in Tokyo.

Normal high and low, day by dayNormal 1991–2020

Every January in Tokyo, ranked

86 months of January since 1940. The last one, 2025, ranks 12 of 86 (+0.8 °C vs normal).

194019832025

2025 · 5.3 °C · +0.8 °C vs normal · rank 12 of 86

Warmest years

119896.6 °C
220206.4 °C
320006.1 °C
420246.1 °C
519726.0 °C

Coldest years

119450.7 °C
219401.0 °C
319421.1 °C
419771.3 °C
519841.5 °C

All 86 years in a table

Year	Mean temperature	Daytime highs	Night lows	Precipitation	Frost days	Snowfall	Rainy days
2025	5.3 °C	10.4 °C	0.9 °C	37 mm	11 days	0 cm	7 days
2024	6.1 °C	10.9 °C	1.6 °C	43 mm	8 days	0 cm	6 days
2023	4.7 °C	9.1 °C	0.7 °C	32 mm	14 days	1 cm	5 days
2022	3.7 °C	8.2 °C	-0.3 °C	22 mm	19 days	2 cm	5 days
2021	4.5 °C	9.1 °C	0.3 °C	50 mm	14 days	1 cm	6 days
2020	6.4 °C	10.2 °C	3.0 °C	116 mm	1 day	1 cm	11 days
2019	4.7 °C	9.7 °C	0.5 °C	14 mm	12 days	1 cm	2 days
2018	3.8 °C	8.4 °C	-0.5 °C	46 mm	18 days	12 cm	5 days
2017	4.9 °C	9.5 °C	0.9 °C	46 mm	11 days	1 cm	6 days
2016	5.1 °C	9.4 °C	1.0 °C	110 mm	10 days	12 cm	5 days
2015	4.9 °C	9.2 °C	1.1 °C	89 mm	10 days	7 cm	8 days
2014	4.3 °C	9.2 °C	0.1 °C	38 mm	18 days	1 cm	5 days
2013	3.6 °C	8.2 °C	-0.5 °C	56 mm	19 days	15 cm	4 days
2012	3.2 °C	7.2 °C	-0.4 °C	46 mm	17 days	3 cm	5 days
2011	3.4 °C	7.9 °C	-0.6 °C	7 mm	22 days	2 cm	3 days
2010	5.2 °C	9.7 °C	1.1 °C	16 mm	12 days	0 cm	5 days
2009	5.4 °C	9.1 °C	2.2 °C	140 mm	8 days	1 cm	11 days
2008	4.4 °C	8.1 °C	1.0 °C	30 mm	11 days	2 cm	6 days
2007	6.0 °C	9.8 °C	2.6 °C	43 mm	1 day	0 cm	7 days
2006	3.6 °C	7.4 °C	0.2 °C	80 mm	19 days	9 cm	7 days
2005	4.5 °C	8.8 °C	0.6 °C	105 mm	13 days	2 cm	6 days
2004	4.6 °C	8.6 °C	1.4 °C	10 mm	9 days	2 cm	3 days
2003	3.8 °C	7.9 °C	0.3 °C	103 mm	13 days	5 cm	9 days
2002	5.5 °C	9.8 °C	1.6 °C	93 mm	7 days	1 cm	7 days
2001	2.7 °C	6.5 °C	-0.9 °C	144 mm	17 days	30 cm	8 days
2000	6.1 °C	9.8 °C	2.9 °C	90 mm	5 days	1 cm	10 days
1999	4.7 °C	9.0 °C	1.0 °C	17 mm	10 days	0 cm	5 days
1998	2.2 °C	6.0 °C	-1.7 °C	138 mm	20 days	48 cm	10 days
1997	4.7 °C	9.3 °C	0.5 °C	38 mm	16 days	0 cm	5 days
1996	5.0 °C	9.2 °C	1.4 °C	54 mm	11 days	2 cm	10 days
1995	4.5 °C	8.7 °C	0.7 °C	38 mm	13 days	0 cm	4 days
1994	3.7 °C	7.8 °C	-0.1 °C	70 mm	14 days	15 cm	10 days
1993	5.2 °C	8.6 °C	2.1 °C	114 mm	5 days	0 cm	16 days
1992	5.4 °C	9.4 °C	1.6 °C	66 mm	8 days	4 cm	8 days
1991	4.7 °C	9.1 °C	1.1 °C	41 mm	7 days	1 cm	6 days
1990	2.9 °C	7.4 °C	-1.0 °C	59 mm	19 days	21 cm	8 days
1989	6.6 °C	10.3 °C	3.3 °C	87 mm	4 days	0 cm	9 days
1988	5.9 °C	10.6 °C	2.0 °C	26 mm	6 days	4 cm	9 days
1987	3.9 °C	8.3 °C	0.1 °C	44 mm	16 days	10 cm	8 days
1986	2.7 °C	7.3 °C	-1.0 °C	26 mm	22 days	2 cm	7 days
1985	2.3 °C	6.7 °C	-1.1 °C	16 mm	22 days	6 cm	4 days
1984	1.5 °C	5.7 °C	-2.4 °C	48 mm	31 days	23 cm	4 days
1983	4.5 °C	9.0 °C	0.8 °C	28 mm	12 days	0 cm	5 days
1982	4.3 °C	8.5 °C	0.9 °C	72 mm	12 days	4 cm	9 days
1981	1.9 °C	6.5 °C	-2.2 °C	8 mm	27 days	2 cm	3 days
1980	3.6 °C	8.1 °C	-0.4 °C	101 mm	20 days	7 cm	10 days
1979	3.7 °C	9.1 °C	-1.4 °C	83 mm	18 days	11 cm	6 days
1978	3.0 °C	7.4 °C	-0.9 °C	39 mm	18 days	12 cm	8 days
1977	1.3 °C	5.3 °C	-2.2 °C	30 mm	24 days	8 cm	6 days
1976	4.1 °C	9.1 °C	-0.2 °C	9 mm	18 days	0 cm	1 day
1975	3.4 °C	7.4 °C	0.1 °C	66 mm	17 days	1 cm	7 days
1974	2.8 °C	7.6 °C	-0.7 °C	27 mm	20 days	4 cm	3 days
1973	5.5 °C	9.7 °C	2.1 °C	117 mm	7 days	0 cm	9 days
1972	6.0 °C	9.9 °C	2.5 °C	119 mm	7 days	0 cm	10 days
1971	3.5 °C	7.8 °C	-0.0 °C	25 mm	15 days	4 cm	4 days
1970	2.8 °C	7.2 °C	-0.8 °C	51 mm	21 days	4 cm	5 days
1969	4.4 °C	8.8 °C	0.8 °C	73 mm	12 days	2 cm	8 days
1968	3.9 °C	8.7 °C	-0.2 °C	15 mm	18 days	3 cm	4 days
1967	3.1 °C	7.6 °C	-1.2 °C	45 mm	22 days	0 cm	8 days
1966	2.4 °C	7.3 °C	-1.6 °C	31 mm	23 days	0 cm	4 days
1965	3.3 °C	7.7 °C	-0.2 °C	51 mm	17 days	8 cm	9 days
1964	4.8 °C	8.8 °C	1.5 °C	124 mm	8 days	0 cm	14 days
1963	2.5 °C	8.1 °C	-2.1 °C	7 mm	28 days	0 cm	2 days
1962	3.9 °C	9.0 °C	-0.2 °C	37 mm	19 days	0 cm	5 days
1961	3.1 °C	8.0 °C	-0.6 °C	34 mm	20 days	2 cm	6 days
1960	4.2 °C	9.0 °C	0.1 °C	53 mm	14 days	1 cm	3 days
1959	3.1 °C	7.8 °C	-0.7 °C	67 mm	20 days	5 cm	8 days
1958	4.4 °C	9.2 °C	0.4 °C	52 mm	16 days	0 cm	8 days
1957	5.0 °C	10.1 °C	0.7 °C	19 mm	16 days	0 cm	5 days
1956	3.5 °C	8.5 °C	-0.8 °C	94 mm	19 days	8 cm	7 days
1955	3.5 °C	9.1 °C	-1.3 °C	42 mm	25 days	0 cm	4 days
1954	3.5 °C	7.9 °C	-0.2 °C	73 mm	13 days	22 cm	9 days
1953	3.1 °C	8.2 °C	-0.9 °C	46 mm	22 days	2 cm	6 days
1952	1.6 °C	6.0 °C	-2.7 °C	81 mm	25 days	13 cm	10 days
1951	1.6 °C	6.4 °C	-2.7 °C	37 mm	28 days	7 cm	6 days
1950	3.9 °C	8.5 °C	-0.4 °C	52 mm	18 days	1 cm	8 days
1949	4.4 °C	9.5 °C	-0.3 °C	89 mm	19 days	0 cm	5 days
1948	3.8 °C	8.9 °C	-0.5 °C	19 mm	18 days	0 cm	7 days
1947	2.6 °C	6.4 °C	-1.2 °C	70 mm	23 days	2 cm	11 days
1946	3.1 °C	8.2 °C	-1.2 °C	30 mm	21 days	2 cm	7 days
1945	0.7 °C	5.6 °C	-3.4 °C	4 mm	31 days	1 cm	1 day
1944	2.1 °C	6.3 °C	-1.4 °C	7 mm	26 days	2 cm	2 days
1943	1.6 °C	6.3 °C	-2.4 °C	31 mm	29 days	8 cm	7 days
1942	1.1 °C	5.9 °C	-3.2 °C	12 mm	30 days	5 cm	1 day
1941	3.0 °C	7.6 °C	-1.2 °C	69 mm	25 days	2 cm	6 days
1940	1.0 °C	6.1 °C	-3.1 °C	4 mm	28 days	0 cm	1 day

January records

Hottest day

20.0 °C

January 27, 1969 estimate

Nearby station: 22.6 °C on January 27, 1969 measured

Coldest night

-10.7 °C

January 31, 1954 estimate

Nearby station: -6.3 °C on January 28, 1954 measured

Wettest day

79 mm

January 1, 1949 estimate

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Any day since 1940: high, low, rain, snow, and how warm it was compared with the same date in every other year.

Questions & answers

How warm is Tokyo in January?

Highs average 8.7 °C and lows 0.8 °C. A typical January brings 0 hot days (30 °C or more) and 12 frost days.

Does it rain a lot in Tokyo in January?

About 67 mm falls in January, over some 7 days with at least 1 mm. The wettest January was 2001 (144 mm), the driest 1940 (4 mm).

What was the warmest January in Tokyo?

1989, with a mean temperature of 6.6 °C. The coldest was 1945 (0.7 °C). The last one, 2025, ranks 12 of 86.