Best time to visit Hakuba Happoone Winter Resort

The climate in Hakuba Happoone Winter Resort through the year

When to go

No month in Hakuba Happoone Winter Resort reaches a good score (65 or more) with the default preferences. August comes closest with 49 out of 100. A typical August day reaches 24°C and the night falls to 15°C, with rain on about 22 days and clear sky 30 % of the time. The lowest score is in January (14), when days are cool at around −4°C.

Seasons and rain

The seasons are sharply different: a August day (24°C) is about 28 degrees warmer than a January day (−4°C). Nights typically drop below freezing in November–April. July is the wettest month with 244 mm and February the driest with 76 mm, out of about 1,670 mm a year. Snow typically lies on the ground in December–April, deepest in February (about 90 cm).

Sea and daylight

The sea is 22°C or warmer in July–October, peaking at 28°C in August. It is coldest in March (11°C). Daylight lasts from about 9.5 hours in December to 14.5 hours in June. Hakuba Happoone Winter Resort lies about 1,500 m above sea level, which makes it roughly 10 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. Hakuba Happoone Winter Resort scores 65 or more in these months:

• Cooler weather (10–20 °C): April–June and September–November, up to 80
• Skiing: snow cover and cold enough in January–March

How it compares

Of the 191 destinations Eddigo covers in Japan, Hakuba Happoone Winter Resort is the 11th coolest over the year and the 86th wettest. In August, when Hakuba Happoone Winter Resort scores 49, Togakushi Ski Field (27 km away) scores 47 and Itoigawa Seaside Valley (28 km away) scores 47. See where to go in August for the best destinations that month.