Best time to visit Araragi Resort

The climate in Araragi Resort through the year

When to go

No month in Araragi Resort reaches a good score (65 or more) with the default preferences. May comes closest with 55 out of 100. A typical May day reaches 19°C and the night falls to 7°C, with rain on about 16 days and clear sky 35 % of the time. June and September are a fair alternative, with scores of 50–51. The lowest score is in March (20), when days are cool at around 8°C.

Seasons and rain

The seasons are sharply different: a August day (27°C) is about 25 degrees warmer than a January day (2°C). Nights typically drop below freezing in December–March. July is the wettest month with 252 mm and January the driest with 44 mm, out of about 1,730 mm a year.

Daylight

Daylight lasts from about 10 hours in December to 14.5 hours in June. Araragi Resort lies about 1,150 m above sea level, which makes it roughly 8 degrees cooler than the lowlands around it.

By type of trip

The best months change with what you want to do. Each of Eddigo’s trip types has its own preferred daytime temperature and its own weights for rain, humidity and sun. Araragi Resort scores 65 or more in these months:

• Cooler weather (10–20 °C): March–June and October–November, up to 85

How it compares

Of the 191 destinations Eddigo covers in Japan, Araragi Resort is the 93rd coolest over the year and the 63rd wettest. In May, when Araragi Resort scores 55, Komagane Ski Resort (42 km away) scores 49 and Senjōjiki Ski Area (44 km away) scores 36. See where to go in May for the best destinations that month.