Best time to visit Kazawa Snow Area

The climate in Kazawa Snow Area through the year

When to go

No month in Kazawa Snow Area reaches a good score (65 or more) with the default preferences. June comes closest with 50 out of 100. A typical June day reaches 20°C and the night falls to 10°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 (17), when days are cool at around 5°C.

Seasons and rain

The seasons are sharply different: a August day (25°C) is about 25 degrees warmer than a January day (0°C). Nights typically drop below freezing in November–April. July is the wettest month with 215 mm and February the driest with 52 mm, out of about 1,410 mm a year. Snow typically lies on the ground in January–March, deepest in February (about 20 cm).

Daylight

Daylight lasts from about 9.5 hours in December to 14.5 hours in June. Kazawa Snow Area 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. Kazawa Snow Area scores 65 or more in these months:

• Cooler weather (10–20 °C): April–June and September–November, up to 82

How it compares

Of the 191 destinations Eddigo covers in Japan, Kazawa Snow Area is the 45th coolest over the year and the 32nd driest. In June, when Kazawa Snow Area scores 50, Hoppo Bunadaira Ski Area (29 km away) scores 46 and Okushiga Kogen Ski Resort (35 km away) scores 46. See where to go in June for the best destinations that month.