Best time to visit Karuizawa Snow Park

The climate in Karuizawa Snow Park through the year

When to go

No month in Karuizawa Snow Park reaches a good score (65 or more) with the default preferences. June comes closest with 50 out of 100. A typical June day reaches 21°C and the night falls to 11°C, with rain on about 19 days and clear sky 20 % of the time. September is a fair alternative, with scores of 50. The lowest score is in March (18), when days are cool at around 7°C.

Seasons and rain

The seasons are sharply different: a August day (26°C) is about 25 degrees warmer than a January day (1°C). Nights typically drop below freezing in November–March. July is the wettest month with 209 mm and January the driest with 46 mm, out of about 1,390 mm a year. Snow typically lies on the ground in February, deepest in February (about 10 cm).

Daylight

Daylight lasts from about 9.5 hours in December to 14.5 hours in June. Karuizawa Snow Park lies about 1,200 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. Karuizawa Snow Park scores 65 or more in these months:

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

How it compares

Of the 191 destinations Eddigo covers in Japan, Karuizawa Snow Park is the 72nd coolest over the year and the 29th driest. In June, when Karuizawa Snow Park scores 50, Manza Onsen Ski Resort (26 km away) scores 45 and Sugadaira Kōgen Snow Resort (29 km away) scores 50. See where to go in June for the best destinations that month.