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Least crowded time to visit Osaka

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

Sepfewest foreign visitors per day
Aprmost foreign visitors per day
1.7×busiest vs quietest month (foreign)
Jan≈Decquietest month, all guests
41.7%of 2025 guest nights were foreign visitors

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Foreign visitors per day, 2025

83,408January: 68,900 per dayJanFebruary: 67,080 per dayFebMarch: 64,576 per dayMarApril: 83,408 per dayAprMay: 74,815 per dayMayJune: 68,428 per dayJunJuly: 64,854 per dayJulAugust: 63,098 per dayAugSeptember: 50,026 per daySepOctober: 70,305 per dayOctNovember: 68,498 per dayNovDecember: 62,119 per dayDec

All guests per day, 2025

177,583January: 146,025 per dayJanFebruary: 151,362 per dayFebMarch: 159,585 per dayMarApril: 168,067 per dayAprMay: 171,611 per dayMayJune: 159,143 per dayJunJuly: 155,576 per dayJulAugust: 177,583 per dayAugSeptember: 167,262 per daySepOctober: 168,662 per dayOctNovember: 159,102 per dayNovDecember: 147,651 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
January68,900+27%146,02574.7%
February67,080+16%151,36276.4%
March64,576+8%159,58573.8%
April83,408+14%168,06783.7%
May74,815+10%171,61183.4%
June68,428-9%159,14381.5%
July64,854-17%155,57677.4%
August63,098-9%177,58383.6%
September ●50,026-24%167,26286.3%
October70,305-8%168,66283.8%
November68,498-13%159,10277.6%
December62,119-16%147,65171.1%

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.