Japan
How much does a trip to Tokyo cost?
Plan €2044 for 7 nights in Tokyo, return flight from London included, or €1024 travelling cheap. On the ground that works out at €227 per person per day in comfort, €91 travelling cheap.
A hyper-connected megacity of temples and food. Frame your budget before you go.
- From
- €91/day
- vs. London
- 91%
- Best month
- Oct
Your trip to Tokyo
Set the length, the number of travellers and the comfort level: the figures recompute here.
€2,044
per person, flight included
- on the ground
- €1,589
- flight from London
- €455
- per person per day, on the ground
- €227
In short, where the money goes
- The heaviest line
- Food40 % of the trip
- The strongest lever
- Accommodation€385 less travelling cheap
- Seven nights on the ground
- €1589excluding flights
Food
€630
Accommodation
€595
Activities
€140
Extras
€119
Transport
€105
Over seven nights, food accounts for 40 % of what you spend. The line where travelling cheap changes the bill most is accommodation, a €385 gap. The others are worth discussing, that one decides.
Basis: 519 hotel addresses surveyed for a 15 October 2026 arrival, 11 of twelve months of airfares, surveyed on 23 September 2026. The total excludes flights, insurance, personal shopping and any lodging split between several people.
InstantTripCost estimate
Full 7-night budget breakdown
Per-person estimate including flights from London, split across the six expense categories.
per person · Comfort
| Category | Budget | Comfort | Luxury |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flights | €387 | €455 | €683 |
| Hotel | €210 | €595 | €2100 |
| Food | €315 | €630 | €1680 |
| Transport | €56 | €105 | €245 |
| Activities | €28 | €140 | €504 |
| Misc | €28 | €119 | €546 |
| 7-night total | €1024 | €2044 | €5758 |
Flight from London (annual median).
Unit prices
comfort
Enough to check the total yourself, line by line, at the comfort level you picked.
- €14
- Breakfast
- €26
- Lunch
- €51
- Dinner
- €5
- City ride
- €20
- Site admission
- €227
- A full day
Orders of magnitude derived from our measured ranges, not surveyed venue by venue. Prices vary by neighbourhood and season.
Real budget
What a trip to Tokyo actually costs
Let's break it down. Lodging: a hostel dorm or entry-level hotel runs around €30 per night, a well-rated 3-star around €85, and 4 to 5-star around €300. Food: around €15 a day eating local, €30 mixing canteens and restaurants, €80 if you sit down for dinner every evening.
Local transport: roughly €8 a day on public transit, €15 adding a few taxi rides. Activities: about €25 a day at a normal sightseeing pace, €60 if you stack paid entries and day trips.
On a 5-to-7-day trip, lodging accounts for roughly 35-45 % of total budget, food 15-20 %, flights 20-30 % depending on the booking window, with the remainder split between local transport, activities, and miscellaneous (visa, insurance, tipping, SIM card). A Tokyo trip that goes over budget is almost always because the hotel is oversized for the rest, rarely because of activities.
Practical info
Language, currency, and logistics in Tokyo
Language: Japanese, English is understood in most hotels and restaurants in tourist areas. Currency: Yen (¥) - plan €50-100 in cash for the first days and use a fee-free card for the rest.
The three tiers
What a budget traveller, a comfort traveller and a premium traveller typically spend.
Budget
€91
per day, approx
- Hotel / night
- €30
- Food / day
- €45
- Transit / day
- €8
- Sights / day
- €4
- Extras / day
- €4
Comfort
€227
per day, approx
- Hotel / night
- €85
- Food / day
- €90
- Transit / day
- €15
- Sights / day
- €20
- Extras / day
- €17
Luxury
€725
per day, approx
- Hotel / night
- €300
- Food / day
- €240
- Transit / day
- €35
- Sights / day
- €72
- Extras / day
- €78
When to go, and what the month changes
Average temperatures and conditions by month in Tokyo.
Mildest monthOctober
Cheapest flightDecember€382
The hotels we measured in Tokyo
The area changes the price of a night by more than half at equal comfort. See the median price by area in Tokyo
The hotels we measured
Accommodation picks by price range.
HISAYO'S INN
guesthouse, rated excellent (9.7/10) from 643 reviews.
Wa Hostel
Hostel, rated excellent (9.1/10) from 168 reviews.
GRAND HOSTEL LDK TOKYO Nishikasai
Hostel, rated excellent (9/10) from 1,165 reviews.
Yolo Hotel 最寄駅徒歩1分 Askusa 秋葉原 スカイツリー近く 東京観光に最適 空港アクセス良好
Hotel, rated excellent (9.1/10) from 151 reviews.
ICI HOTEL Asakusabashi
Hotel, very well rated (8.9/10) from 2,490 reviews.
Hotel Tabiya
Hotel, very well rated (8.8/10) from 574 reviews.
AET & o3 HOTEL
Hotel, rated excellent (9.6/10) from 160 reviews.
The Okura Tokyo
5-star, rated excellent (9.6/10) from 1,618 reviews.
THE AOYAMA GRAND HOTEL
5-star, rated excellent (9.6/10) from 788 reviews.
All observed hotels in Tokyo
36 of 521 surveyed properties shown, the cheapest in each tier. Nightly rate for a 2-night stay arriving 15 October 2026.
| Hotel | Category | Rating | From / night |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dormitory Kinshu | Budget | ★ 4.7 | €8 |
| Base Inn Tabata | Budget | ★ 7.5 | €11 |
| Base Inn Komagome Tokyo | Budget | ★ 7 | €11 |
| Akabane Dormitory-Men Only | Budget | ★ 4.3 | €11 |
| Ace Inn Asakusa | Budget | ★ 7 | €12 |
| Base Inn Uguisudani | Budget | ★ 8.5 | €13 |
| BEE-HIVE Sugamo - Male Only | Budget | ★ 4.6 | €13 |
| Hostel Lodging Tokyo Uguisudani | Budget | ★ 6.9 | €14 |
| ゲストハウス栄 | Budget | ★ 7.3 | €14 |
| Daimaru Building 3F - Vacation STAY 22238 | Budget | ★ 0 | €14 |
| Daimaru Building 3F - Vacation STAY 22226 | Budget | ★ 0 | €14 |
| Daimaru Building 3F - Vacation STAY 22237 | Budget | ★ 0 | €14 |
| HOTEL GRAPHY Shibuya | Mid-range | ★ 8.7 | €36 |
| Kinjiro Hotel | Mid-range | ★ 8.2 | €38 |
| Dormy Inn Korakuen | Mid-range | ★ 8.4 | €54 |
| Saka no Hotel Tretio Ochanomizu | Mid-range | ★ 8 | €58 |
| THE ONE kouennji | Mid-range | ★ 8.1 | €58 |
| HOTEL MYSTAYS Kameido | Mid-range | ★ 7.4 | €58 |
| Asta Hotel | Mid-range | ★ 7.9 | €59 |
| Tabist TOKYO CITY VIEW HOTEL | Mid-range | ★ 7.9 | €60 |
| Tourist Hotel New Aoki 観光ホテル ニュー青木 | Mid-range | ★ 8.3 | €63 |
| TOKIO's HOTEL | Mid-range | ★ 7.4 | €64 |
| ShinOkubo TT | Mid-range | ★ 8.7 | €65 |
| Urbain Tokyo Ueno Kitasenju | Mid-range | ★ 8.2 | €65 |
| Randor Residence Tokyo Annex | Luxury | ★ 8.4 | €82 |
| Hotel JAL City Haneda Tokyo | Luxury | ★ 8.5 | €85 |
| Ici Japon Village | Luxury | ★ 9.3 | €86 |
| Petit Bali Ikebukuro | Luxury | ★ 8.4 | €104 |
| BOOK HOTEL 神保町 | Luxury | ★ 8.2 | €104 |
| Toshi Center Hotel | Luxury | ★ 8.6 | €107 |
| ART HOTEL Nippori Lungwood | Luxury | ★ 8.3 | €107 |
| Comfort Hotel Tokyo Kiyosumi Shirakawa | Luxury | ★ 8.6 | €108 |
| S-peria Inn Nihombashi Hakozaki | Luxury | ★ 8.1 | €117 |
| COB HOTEL Asakusa | Luxury | ★ 8.4 | €119 |
| LOISIR HOTEL SHINAGAWA SEASIDE | Luxury | ★ 8.3 | €126 |
| Hotel Monterey Akasaka | Luxury | ★ 8.6 | €129 |
What sightseeing costs in Tokyo
Recommended activities and tours.
Tokyo National Museum
The Tokyo National Museum (東京国立博物館, Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan) or TNM is an art museum in Ueno Park in the Taitō ward of Tokyo, Japan. It is considered the oldest national museum and the largest art museum in Japan.
National museum
National Museum of Western Art
The National Museum of Western Art (国立西洋美術館, Kokuritsu Seiyō Bijutsukan; lit. "National Western Art Museum", NMWA) is the premier public art gallery in Japan specializing in art from the Western tradition.
Art museum
National Art Center, Tokyo
The National Art Center, Tokyo (国立新美術館, Kokuritsu Shin-Bijutsukan) (NACT) is a museum in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Opened in January 2007, it is one of the five institutions of the Independent Administrative Institution National Museum of Art.
Art museum
Tokyo Tower
Tokyo Tower (東京タワー, Tōkyō Tawā; pronounced [toːkʲoː taꜜɰᵝaː] ), also known by its official name Japan Radio Tower (日本電波塔, Nippon denpatō) is a communications and observation tower in the district of Shiba-koen in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, completed in 1958. At 332.9 meters (1,092 feet), it was the tallest tower in Japan until the construction of Tokyo Skytree in 2012.
Architectural landmark
St. Mary's Cathedral
St. Mary's Cathedral (in Japanese: 東京カテドラル聖マリア大聖堂, romanized: Tōkyō katedoraru sei Maria daiseidō) is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tokyo.
Church
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
The Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum (東京都美術館, Tōkyōto Bijutsukan) is a museum of art located in Ueno Park, Tokyo, Japan. The first public art museum in Japan, it opened in 1926 as the Tokyo Prefectural Art Museum and was renamed in 1943 after Tokyo became a metropolitan prefecture.
Art museum
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (東京国立近代美術館, Tōkyō Kokuritsu Kindai Bijutsukan), also known as MOMAT, is the foremost museum collecting and exhibiting modern Japanese art. The museum, in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, is known for its collection of 20th-century art and includes Western-style and Nihonga artists.
Art museum
Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
The Tokyo Photographic Art Museum (東京都写真美術館, Tōkyō-to Shashin Bijutsukan) is an art museum concentrating on photography. As the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, it was founded by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, and is in Meguro-ku, a short walk from Ebisu station in southwest Tokyo.
Art museum
National Museum of Nature and Science
The National Museum of Nature and Science (国立科学博物館, Kokuritsu Kagaku Hakubutsukan) is in the northeast corner of Ueno Park in Tokyo. The museum has exhibitions on pre-Meiji science in Japan.
Science museum
Artizon Museum
Artizon Museum Aatizon Bijutukan (アーティゾン美術館), until 2018 Bridgestone Museum of Art (ブリヂストン美術館, Burijisuton Bijutsukan), is an art museum in Tokyo, Japan. The museum was founded in 1952 by the founder of Bridgestone Tire Co., Ishibashi Shojiro.
Art museum
Places referenced on Wikidata. Admission prices vary by season - check each venue's official site.
Paying less in Tokyo
What moves the needle
What each decision takes off the €2064 total, strongest lever first.
- − €952
Travel cheap rather than mid-range
Hostel or entry-level hotel, local canteens, public transport. Accommodation is where the gap opens up.
- − €454
Stay five nights instead of seven
Two fewer nights also removes two days of meals, transport and sightseeing.
- − €297
Travel as a pair
The room is shared, nothing else is. Travellers themselves name this as the strongest lever.
Differences computed from our own measurements, for a 7-night mid-range stay, excluding flights.
FAQ
FAQ - Tokyo
- How much should I budget for a trip to Tokyo?
- For a 7-day trip to Tokyo, expect roughly €1024 - €5758 per person depending on your travel style, flights included. The budget profile (hostels, local food, public transit) sits at the lower end ; mid-range comfort sits in the middle ; luxury (premium hotel, fine dining) approaches the top.
- When is the best time to visit Tokyo?
- The best value is in October, with pleasant temperatures and usually cheaper flights than during peak tourist season. This window combines moderate crowds and lower airfare.
- How do I get around in Tokyo?
- Local transport (metro, bus, taxi) costs an average of €8 - €35 per day depending on your style. Public transit stays the cheapest option ; a day or weekly pass usually pays off after just two rides per day.
- How can I do Tokyo on a budget?
- For a cheap trip to Tokyo, target around €91 - €227 per day per person excluding flights: a hostel or budget hotel, meals at local eateries, public transit, and 1-2 free activities per day. Across a week, plan to land below the lower bound of the global range.
- What's the budget for a weekend in Tokyo?
- For a 3-day / 2-night weekend in Tokyo, plan around €677 - €1156 per person, flights included. Booking 6 to 8 weeks ahead and flying out Thursday evening / back Sunday evening cuts the total by 10-20 % on average.
- Is Tokyo an expensive or affordable destination?
- At 73 % of our reference index, Tokyo ranks among the moderately priced destinations we track. In practice, a daily budget close to our average, 27 % below it.
- How many days do you need in Tokyo?
- Plan 4 days for the essentials. A full week lets you add the surroundings without rushing, for roughly €681 more per person. Beyond ten days the cost grows linearly: each extra night adds about €227, lodging and daily spending included.
- Do you need a car in Tokyo?
- Our estimates assume public transport, which covers the centre and its near surroundings. Rental, fuel, parking and tolls are not included: if your route leaves the served area, add them as a separate line.
- How much cash should you bring to Tokyo?
- Bring €50 to €100 for the first days, until you see where cards work. When paying or withdrawing, decline the conversion into your home currency that terminals offer: it applies its own rate, consistently worse than your bank's.
At a glance
Wikidata, Wikipedia and Open-Meteo data
- Population
- 14M
- Area
- 2,194 km²
- Elevation
- 6 m
- Language
- Japanese
- Currency
- ¥
- Time zone
- Japan Standard Time
- Founded
- 1868
- Avg. July temp.
- 25°
- Avg. Jan. temp.
- 4°
- Rainy days / year
- 132
inhabitants
Yen
22° - 28°
0° - 8°
About
Tokyo in brief
Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital and most populous city of Japan. The population of the city proper was over 14 million as of 2023. The Greater Tokyo Area, which includes Tokyo and parts of six neighboring prefectures, is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the world, with 33 million residents as of 2025.
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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