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Least crowded time to visit Saitama

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

Julfewest foreign visitors per day
Aprmost foreign visitors per day
1.9×busiest vs quietest month (foreign)
Janquietest month, all guests
5.2%of 2025 guest nights were foreign visitors

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Foreign visitors per day, 2025

1,077January: 632 per dayJanFebruary: 679 per dayFebMarch: 785 per dayMarApril: 1,077 per dayAprMay: 759 per dayMayJune: 683 per dayJunJuly: 565 per dayJulAugust: 684 per dayAugSeptember: 692 per daySepOctober: 958 per dayOctNovember: 934 per dayNovDecember: 772 per dayDec

All guests per day, 2025

17,062January: 12,571 per dayJanFebruary: 13,629 per dayFebMarch: 15,036 per dayMarApril: 15,146 per dayAprMay: 14,922 per dayMayJune: 13,644 per dayJunJuly: 14,169 per dayJulAugust: 17,062 per dayAugSeptember: 14,390 per daySepOctober: 15,227 per dayOctNovember: 16,389 per dayNovDecember: 15,354 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
January632+47%12,57169.0%
February679+20%13,62976.3%
March785+8%15,03685.3%
April1,077+46%15,14685.5%
May759+33%14,92273.7%
June683+7%13,64471.8%
July ●565-15%14,16976.0%
August684+56%17,06281.3%
September692+44%14,39075.8%
October958+41%15,22782.8%
November934+15%16,38984.2%
December772+7%15,35476.8%

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.