Climate Yearbook

New York City vs Tokyo weather comparison

Compare historical temperatures, precipitation, and daily records for New York City and Tokyo using Open-Meteo archive data.

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Data-driven verdict

Tokyo has the warmer daytime profile, with average highs 3.6 C apart from New York City.

New York City has the cooler nights by 4.3 C, while Tokyo is wetter by 161.5 mm per year.

The comparison is based on 1096 daily observations for New York City and 1096 daily observations for Tokyo.

Side-by-side climate table

MetricNew York CityTokyo
Daily observations10961096
Average daily high17.7 C21.3 C
Average daily low8.5 C12.8 C
Average annual precipitation1309.4 mm1470.9 mm
Warmest monthJuly 2025August 2025
Wettest monthSeptember 2023June 2023

Daily weather records

RecordNew York CityTokyo
Hottest day40.4 C on June 24, 202539.3 C on July 26, 2023
Coldest night-16.6 C on January 22, 2025-6.1 C on January 26, 2023
Wettest day78.9 mm on December 18, 202399.5 mm on June 2, 2023

Weather data source: Open-Meteo Archive API. City metadata source: GeoNames cities15000.