Best time to visit Meiho Snow Resort

The climate in Meiho Snow Resort through the year

When to go

No month in Meiho Snow Resort reaches a good score (65 or more) with the default preferences. May comes closest with 52 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 51–51. The lowest score is in January (14), when days are cool at around 1°C.

Seasons and rain

The seasons are sharply different: a August day (27°C) is about 26 degrees warmer than a January day (1°C). Nights typically drop below freezing in December–March. July is the wettest month with 269 mm and February the driest with 92 mm, out of about 1,880 mm a year. Snow typically lies on the ground in January and February, deepest in February (about 20 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. Meiho Snow Resort lies about 1,000 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. Meiho Snow Resort scores 65 or more in these months:

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

How it compares

Of the 191 destinations Eddigo covers in Japan, Meiho Snow Resort is the 88th coolest over the year and the 26th wettest. In May, when Meiho Snow Resort scores 52, Fukui Izumi Ski Resort (32 km away) scores 56 and Hida Takayama Ski Resort (41 km away) scores 47. See where to go in May for the best destinations that month.