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Least crowded time to visit Okinawa

In Okinawa, the month with the fewest foreign visitors (Dec) is not the quietest month overall (Jan): Japanese travellers fill different months.

Decfewest foreign visitors per day
Augmost foreign visitors per day
2.0×busiest vs quietest month (foreign)
Janquietest month, all guests
27.2%of 2025 guest nights were foreign visitors

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Foreign visitors per day, 2025

32,817January: 20,291 per dayJanFebruary: 22,109 per dayFebMarch: 22,294 per dayMarApril: 26,021 per dayAprMay: 25,714 per dayMayJune: 27,480 per dayJunJuly: 28,355 per dayJulAugust: 32,817 per dayAugSeptember: 29,806 per daySepOctober: 31,905 per dayOctNovember: 19,034 per dayNovDecember: 16,766 per dayDec

All guests per day, 2025

119,707January: 71,842 per dayJanFebruary: 89,182 per dayFebMarch: 97,194 per dayMarApril: 88,254 per dayAprMay: 83,850 per dayMayJune: 87,930 per dayJunJuly: 104,419 per dayJulAugust: 119,707 per dayAugSeptember: 100,004 per daySepOctober: 106,971 per dayOctNovember: 88,820 per dayNovDecember: 74,557 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
January20,291+86%71,84267.8%
February22,109+35%89,18276.0%
March22,294+80%97,19473.5%
April26,021+41%88,25464.5%
May25,714+40%83,85063.1%
June27,480+24%87,93067.8%
July28,355+24%104,41964.6%
August32,817+54%119,70767.7%
September29,806+35%100,00466.6%
October31,905+51%106,97173.0%
November19,034-9%88,82067.2%
December ●16,766-18%74,55766.3%

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.