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Least crowded time to visit Nagano

In Nagano, the month with the fewest foreign visitors (Aug) is not the quietest month overall (Apr): Japanese travellers fill different months.

Augfewest foreign visitors per day
Janmost foreign visitors per day
4.4×busiest vs quietest month (foreign)
Aprquietest month, all guests
13.2%of 2025 guest nights were foreign visitors

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Foreign visitors per day, 2025

14,374January: 14,374 per dayJanFebruary: 13,561 per dayFebMarch: 6,145 per dayMarApril: 6,508 per dayAprMay: 5,693 per dayMayJune: 3,470 per dayJunJuly: 3,904 per dayJulAugust: 3,235 per dayAugSeptember: 3,396 per daySepOctober: 7,057 per dayOctNovember: 5,702 per dayNovDecember: 9,797 per dayDec

All guests per day, 2025

78,939January: 53,953 per dayJanFebruary: 59,682 per dayFebMarch: 43,965 per dayMarApril: 39,076 per dayAprMay: 47,959 per dayMayJune: 40,637 per dayJunJuly: 58,650 per dayJulAugust: 78,939 per dayAugSeptember: 56,060 per daySepOctober: 55,035 per dayOctNovember: 46,055 per dayNovDecember: 46,081 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
January14,374+27%53,95364.1%
February13,561+13%59,68268.0%
March6,145+4%43,96567.3%
April6,508+4%39,07676.0%
May5,693+0%47,95974.6%
June3,470-8%40,63770.2%
July3,904+9%58,65078.5%
August ●3,235-7%78,93985.8%
September3,396-1%56,06082.8%
October7,057+5%55,03588.5%
November5,702-8%46,05582.0%
December9,797+16%46,08172.1%

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.