Best time to visit Hida Funayama Snow Resort Arkopia

The climate in Hida Funayama Snow Resort Arkopia through the year

When to go

No month in Hida Funayama Snow Resort Arkopia reaches a good score (65 or more) with the default preferences. May comes closest with 56 out of 100. A typical May day reaches 20°C and the night falls to 8°C, with rain on about 17 days and clear sky 34 % of the time. June and September are a fair alternative, with scores of 51–51. The lowest score is in January (14), when days are cool at around 2°C.

Seasons and rain

The seasons are sharply different: a August day (28°C) is about 26 degrees warmer than a January day (2°C). Nights typically drop below freezing in December–March. July is the wettest month with 266 mm and February the driest with 82 mm, out of about 1,800 mm a year.

Daylight

Daylight lasts from about 9.5 hours in December to 14.5 hours in June. Hida Funayama Snow Resort Arkopia lies about 900 m above sea level, which makes it roughly 6 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. Hida Funayama Snow Resort Arkopia scores 65 or more in these months:

• Cooler weather (10–20 °C): March–May and October–November, up to 81

How it compares

Of the 191 destinations Eddigo covers in Japan, Hida Funayama Snow Resort Arkopia is the 84th warmest over the year and the 45th wettest. In May, when Hida Funayama Snow Resort Arkopia scores 56, Hida Hōnoki Daira Winter Resort (26 km away) scores 39 and Kaida Kōgen MIA Ski Resort (27 km away) scores 33. See where to go in May for the best destinations that month.