Best time to visit Tsushima
Japan · East Asia
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.
The year in Tsushima
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- JanJTsushima in January: ok, busy
- FebFTsushima in February: ok
- MarMTsushima in March: ok
- AprATsushima in April: sweet spot
- MayMTsushima in May: sweet spot
- JunJTsushima in June: good
- JulJTsushima in July: ok, busy
- AugATsushima in August: ok, busy
- SepSTsushima in September: sweet spot
- OctOTsushima in October: sweet spot
- NovNTsushima in November: sweet spot
- DecDTsushima in December: ok, busy
- Sweet spot
- Good
- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
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Month by month
| Month | Max °C | Rain days | Humidity | Sun h/day | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8° | 5d | 61% | 7.2h | okbusy | busier than usual |
| Feb | 9° | 5d | 62% | 7.9h | ok | 9C max, 5 rainy days |
| Mar | 13° | 9d | 69% | 8.1h | ok | 13C max, 9 rainy days |
| Apr | 17° | 8d | 73% | 8.9h | sweet spot | 17C max, 8 rainy days |
| May | 21° | 7d | 77% | 9.6h | sweet spot | 21C max, 7 rainy days |
| Jun | 24° | 9d | 84% | 8.8h | good | 24C max, 9 rainy days |
| Jul | 28° | 9d | 87% | 9.6h | okbusy | busier than usual |
| Aug | 30° | 8d | 82% | 10.6h | okbusy | busier than usual |
| Sep | 26° | 9d | 79% | 8.3h | sweet spot | 26C max, 9 rainy days |
| Oct | 21° | 6d | 70% | 8.2h | sweet spot | 21C max, 6 rainy days |
| Nov | 16° | 4d | 65% | 8.1h | sweet spot | 16C max, 4 rainy days |
| Dec | 10° | 4d | 61% | 7.1h | okbusy | busier than usual |
Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.
Weather read at Izuhara, the main town, 10 km from the airport (TSJ): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.
A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.
How busy it gets
Then and now
Tsushima's July days now average 28.1°C, 2.6°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 9 of 12 months are clearly warmer.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–90 | 7.7° | 8.3° | 11.2° | 15.0° | 18.5° | 21.7° | 25.4° | 27.5° | 24.4° | 20.0° | 15.3° | 10.5° |
| 2017–26 | 8.4° | 9.5° | 13.3° | 17.0° | 21.0° | 24.1° | 28.1° | 29.6° | 26.2° | 21.3° | 16.3° | 10.1° |
| Change | +0.7° | +1.1° | +2.1° | +2.0° | +2.5° | +2.4° | +2.6° | +2.1° | +1.8° | +1.3° | +1.0° | -0.4° |
The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.
Getting there
How far Tsushima is depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
- from Seoul
- from Osaka
- from Tokyo
- from Taipei
- from Hong Kong
- from Manila
- from Hanoi
- from Ho Chi Minh City
Open in Rome2rio for every way from to Tsushima, flying or not.
Before you go
Type A and B plugs at 100 V. Drives on the left. The currency is the Yen. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Global Affairs Canada: Exercise normal security precautions. US State Department: Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions. Everything for Japan: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.
Being there
On arrival
- Paying — Cards are widely taken in cities, but carry cash for small restaurants, inns and rural areas. Suica and PASMO also pay in many shops, and PayPay QR codes are common.
- UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
- Tipping — Not done in restaurants or taxis; some hotels and restaurants add a 10% service charge.
Getting around Tsushima
- Apps — Rides: GO, DiDi, S.RIDE, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: LINE. Ride apps here hail ordinary licensed taxis; private-car rideshare is limited to small trials.
In Tsushima, it's a good choice to get around by bicycle. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Tsushima, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Help
- Emergency — police 110 · ambulance and fire 119.
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.
Your embassy — : how to reach your embassy or consulate abroad. A guess from your city, : a city is not a passport.
Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 7 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.
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Tsushima in pictures
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Immanuelle, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
What Tsushima is like
Tsushima (対馬) is an island and city in Nagasaki (prefecture). More on Wikivoyage
- Worth seeing
- Tsushima's most famous resident is the Tsushima leopard cat (ツシマヤマネコ Tsushima yamaneko), one of only two wild cats native to Japan. (The other is the closely related Iriomote leopard cat of Iriomote, Okinawa.) More on Wikivoyage
- Getting in
- Tsushima is closer to Korea than mainland Japan, and can easily be reached from both sides. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Tsushima, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.
Around Tsushima
Also in Japan
- Aomori best Jun, Jul, Sep
- Fukuoka best Apr, May, Jun
- Hakodate best Jun, Sep, Oct
- Hiroshima best Apr, Jun, Sep
- Ishigaki best Feb, Sep, Oct
- Kanazawa best Apr, May, Jun
- Kobe best Apr, Jun, Sep
- Kyoto best May, Jun, Sep
- Mount Fuji best Apr, May, Oct
- Nagasaki best Apr, Jun, Oct
- Nagoya best Apr, May, Jun
- Nikko best Mar, Apr, Dec
- Niseko best Mar, Jun, Jul
- Okayama best May, Jun, Sep
- Okinawa best Feb, Apr, Oct
- Osaka best Apr, May, Jun
- Sapporo best Jun, Jul, Sep
- Sendai best Apr, May, Jun
- Tokyo best Apr, May, Jun
- Tottori best Apr, May, Jun
Nearby
- Busan South Korea · 107 km
- Gyeongju South Korea · 183 km
- Jeju South Korea · 267 km
- Pyeongchang South Korea · 388 km
Kind of place
Tsushima is in Japan, East Asia. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.
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