Best time to visit HEAVENS SONOHARA SNOW WORLD

The climate in HEAVENS SONOHARA SNOW WORLD through the year

When to go

No month in HEAVENS SONOHARA SNOW WORLD reaches a good score (65 or more) with the default preferences. May comes closest with 56 out of 100. A typical May day reaches 19°C and the night falls to 8°C, with rain on about 16 days and clear sky 34 % of the time. June and September are a fair alternative, with scores of 50–51. The lowest score is in January (20), when days are cool at around 2°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 253 mm and January the driest with 46 mm, out of about 1,720 mm a year.

Daylight

Daylight lasts from about 10 hours in December to 14.5 hours in June. HEAVENS SONOHARA SNOW WORLD lies about 1,100 m above sea level, which makes it roughly 7 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. HEAVENS SONOHARA SNOW WORLD scores 65 or more in these months:

• Cooler weather (10–20 °C): March–June and October–November, up to 84

How it compares

Of the 191 destinations Eddigo covers in Japan, HEAVENS SONOHARA SNOW WORLD is the 90th warmest over the year and the 64th wettest. In May, when HEAVENS SONOHARA SNOW WORLD scores 56, Komagane Ski Resort (39 km away) scores 49 and Senjōjiki Ski Area (39 km away) scores 36. See where to go in May for the best destinations that month.