Best time to visit Okutone Snow Park

The climate in Okutone Snow Park through the year

When to go

No month in Okutone 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 22°C and the night falls to 13°C, with rain on about 20 days and clear sky 19 % of the time. September is a fair alternative, with scores of 50. The lowest score is in March (16), when days are cool at around 7°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. August is the wettest month with 264 mm and February the driest with 59 mm, out of about 1,700 mm a year. Snow typically lies on the ground in December–March, deepest in February (about 50 cm).

Daylight

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

• Cooler weather (10–20 °C): March–June and October–November, up to 82
• Skiing: snow cover and cold enough in January and February

How it compares

Of the 191 destinations Eddigo covers in Japan, Okutone Snow Park is the 89th coolest over the year and the 73rd wettest. In June, when Okutone Snow Park scores 50, Maiko Snow Resort (26 km away) scores 50 and Kagura Ski Resort (26 km away) scores 46. See where to go in June for the best destinations that month.