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Least crowded time to visit Wakayama

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

Febfewest foreign visitors per day
Octmost foreign visitors per day
3.7×busiest vs quietest month (foreign)
Janquietest month, all guests
17.7%of 2025 guest nights were foreign visitors

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Foreign visitors per day, 2025

3,982January: 1,275 per dayJanFebruary: 1,079 per dayFebMarch: 2,237 per dayMarApril: 3,140 per dayAprMay: 2,807 per dayMayJune: 2,190 per dayJunJuly: 2,301 per dayJulAugust: 2,469 per dayAugSeptember: 2,525 per daySepOctober: 3,982 per dayOctNovember: 3,289 per dayNovDecember: 1,469 per dayDec

All guests per day, 2025

17,881January: 9,990 per dayJanFebruary: 10,661 per dayFebMarch: 15,312 per dayMarApril: 13,129 per dayAprMay: 14,812 per dayMayJune: 12,476 per dayJunJuly: 13,902 per dayJulAugust: 17,881 per dayAugSeptember: 12,914 per daySepOctober: 14,367 per dayOctNovember: 15,220 per dayNovDecember: 11,969 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
January1,275+67%9,99041.2%
February ●1,079+12%10,66157.7%
March2,237+18%15,31271.9%
April3,140+18%13,12951.3%
May2,807+11%14,81268.8%
June2,190+22%12,47666.0%
July2,301+5%13,90279.0%
August2,469+33%17,88179.1%
September2,525+9%12,91472.7%
October3,982+14%14,36778.0%
November3,289-7%15,22077.8%
December1,469-17%11,96969.8%

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.