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Least crowded time to visit Hokkaido

In Hokkaido, the month with the fewest foreign visitors and the quietest month overall coincide (Apr).

Aprfewest foreign visitors per day
Febmost foreign visitors per day
3.0×busiest vs quietest month (foreign)
Aprquietest month, all guests
28.6%of 2025 guest nights were foreign visitors

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Foreign visitors per day, 2025

64,948January: 64,023 per dayJanFebruary: 64,948 per dayFebMarch: 31,666 per dayMarApril: 21,591 per dayAprMay: 22,922 per dayMayJune: 27,410 per dayJunJuly: 38,445 per dayJulAugust: 32,812 per dayAugSeptember: 23,646 per daySepOctober: 30,384 per dayOctNovember: 22,785 per dayNovDecember: 57,848 per dayDec

All guests per day, 2025

161,820January: 132,593 per dayJanFebruary: 145,765 per dayFebMarch: 113,855 per dayMarApril: 86,914 per dayAprMay: 112,676 per dayMayJune: 127,745 per dayJunJuly: 150,925 per dayJulAugust: 161,820 per dayAugSeptember: 135,077 per daySepOctober: 127,906 per dayOctNovember: 104,150 per dayNovDecember: 129,437 per dayDec

Highlighted bars are the quietest month(s); months within 3% of each other count as tied.

The numbers

MonthForeign / dayvs 2024All guests / dayCity-hotel occupancy
January64,023+62%132,59378.7%
February64,948+48%145,76580.5%
March31,666+43%113,85567.5%
April ●21,591+36%86,91456.8%
May22,922+26%112,67665.5%
June27,410+18%127,74576.3%
July38,445+24%150,92582.7%
August32,812+16%161,82082.6%
September23,646+13%135,07781.4%
October30,384+24%127,90678.5%
November22,785+7%104,15070.3%
December57,848+17%129,43772.6%

Guest nights in hotels and inns of all types, divided by days in the month. "vs 2024" compares foreign guests per day with the same month of 2024 (2024 was a leap year). City-hotel occupancy is shown where the agency publishes it. Whole-prefecture figures: a single famous spot can be busier than this. Method and sources.