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February · the month at a glance, from Aura's data

Kyoto

in February
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Kyoto in February
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Early, on foot, one hillside at a time.

Weather in February

Average high9.1 °C
Average low-0.2 °C
Days with rain26%1 mm or more
Sunshine7.4 h a day

2016–2025 averages, not a forecast · Open-Meteo archive (ERA5 reanalysis), average 2016–2025 · CC BY 4.0 · read 30 Sep 2026. A forecast for your dates appears in your plan once they are within 16 days.

Daylight

1 Feb 202706:56–17:2510 h 29 min of daylight
28 Feb 202706:29–17:5111 h 22 min of daylight

Calculated for the city centre with the NOAA solar equations, local time (Asia/Tokyo). Not observed; terrain not included.

Places in February

Hours evaluated for every day of February 2027 from OpenStreetMap, read 30 Sep 2026. Check the official site before you go.

Open in February

Yasaka Shrine
Every day all day
No grounds admission fee is mentioned on the official page (only prayer fees).
Ginkaku-ji
Every day 09:00–16:30
Hours change by season (other months differ in the OSM data)
Price not loaded
Nanzen-ji
Every day 08:40–16:30
Hours change by season (other months differ in the OSM data)
Each paid area has its own ticket: Hōjō garden ¥600, Sanmon ¥600, Nanzen-in ¥500.
Nijō Castle
Every day 08:45–17:00
¥1,300 castle + Ninomaru Palace (¥800 castle only); the Honmaru Palace is +¥1,000 and needs a web ticket booked ahead.
Kyoto Imperial Palace
Mon closed · Tue–Sun 09:00–16:00
Hours change by season (other months differ in the OSM data)
Free admission, no registration needed (official page).
Inoda Coffee (main shop)
Every day 07:00–18:00
Prices not read on the official site.
Ippodo Tea (Kyoto main store)
Every day 10:00–17:00
Public-holiday hours not checked
Prices not read on the official site.
Kinkaku-ji
Every day 09:00–17:00
Price not loaded
Ryōan-ji
Every day 08:30–16:30
Hours change by season (other months differ in the OSM data)
Price not loaded
Tōfuku-ji
Every day 09:00–16:00
Hours change by season (other months differ in the OSM data)
Tsūten-kyō & Kaisandō ¥600 (¥1,000 from 14 Nov to 6 Dec); Hōjō garden ¥500 (¥600 from November 2026).
Sanjūsangen-dō
Every day 09:00–16:00
Hours change by season (other months differ in the OSM data)
Price not loaded
Kyoto National Museum
Mon closed · Tue–Thu 09:30–17:00 · Fri 09:30–20:00 · Sat–Sun 09:30–17:00
Collection galleries; special exhibitions are priced separately.
Tō-ji
Every day 08:00–17:00
Kondō & Kōdō ¥800; ¥1,200 when the pagoda interior is open; Miedō free.
Tenryū-ji
Every day 08:30–17:00
Garden ¥500; buildings +¥300; Cloud Dragon painting ¥500 separately.
Arashiyama Bamboo Grove
Every day all day
Free (Kyoto City).

Hours as written in OpenStreetMap

Nishiki Market
“Mo-Su,PH 10:00-18:00+” · format not read by Aura
Free to walk; hours vary by shop (not published market-wide).

No hours recorded

Kiyomizu-dera
Outdoor place, hours not recorded — check before you go
Admission fee not in the text of the official pages read on 2026-09-30.
Sannenzaka and Ninenzaka
Outdoor place, hours not recorded — check before you go
Price not loaded
Gion and Hanami-kōji
Outdoor place, hours not recorded — check before you go
Price not loaded
Philosopher's Path
Outdoor place, hours not recorded — check before you go
Price not loaded
Pontochō
Outdoor place, hours not recorded — check before you go
Price not loaded
Daitoku-ji
Outdoor place, hours not recorded — check before you go
Fees and hours are per sub-temple and were not read on official pages.
Fushimi Inari Taisha
Outdoor place, hours not recorded — check before you go
No admission fee is stated on the official pages read on 2026-09-30; grounds hours are not published (prayer service 8:30–16:30).
Togetsu-kyō Bridge
Outdoor place, hours not recorded — check before you go
Price not loaded

How Aura plans it

Higashiyama and Gion
Temple slopes, stone lanes, the Gion quarter, a thousand statues.
Northern Higashiyama
The silver pavilion, the canal path, Nanzen-ji.
Central Kyoto
The market, the river alley, the castle and the palace.
Kinkaku-ji and the north-west
The gold pavilion, the rock garden, Zen sub-temples.
Fushimi and the south
Torii paths up the mountain, the pagoda at Tō-ji.
Arashiyama
Bamboo, the river bridge, Tenryū-ji.

Areas: Aura editorial.

Sources: places and hours © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), read 30 Sep 2026 · climate Open-Meteo archive (ERA5 reanalysis), average 2016–2025 (CC BY 4.0) · local names Wikidata (CC0) · prices from the sources named on each place. "Yasaka-dori early morning with street lanterns and the Tower of Yasaka (Hokan-ji Temple), Kyoto, Japan.jpg" by Basile Morin, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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