Best time to visit Palcall Tsumagoi Ski Resort

The climate in Palcall Tsumagoi Ski Resort through the year

When to go

No month in Palcall Tsumagoi Ski Resort 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 (16), when days are cool at around 5°C.

Seasons and rain

The seasons are sharply different: a August day (25°C) is about 26 degrees warmer than a January day (0°C). Nights typically drop below freezing in November–April. July is the wettest month with 216 mm and February the driest with 55 mm, out of about 1,430 mm a year. Snow typically lies on the ground in January–March, deepest in February (about 30 cm).

Daylight

Daylight lasts from about 9.5 hours in December to 14.5 hours in June. Palcall Tsumagoi Ski Resort lies about 1,400 m above sea level, which makes it roughly 9 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. Palcall Tsumagoi Ski Resort 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, Palcall Tsumagoi Ski Resort is the 50th coolest over the year and the 42nd driest. In June, when Palcall Tsumagoi Ski Resort scores 50, Kijimadaira Ski Resort (29 km away) scores 50 and Karuizawa Prince Hotel Ski Resort (30 km away) scores 50. See where to go in June for the best destinations that month.