Best time to visit Pilatus Tateshina Snow Resort

The climate in Pilatus Tateshina Snow Resort through the year

When to go

No month in Pilatus Tateshina Snow Resort reaches a good score (65 or more) with the default preferences. August comes closest with 48 out of 100. A typical August day reaches 24°C and the night falls to 13°C, with rain on about 22 days and clear sky 28 % of the time. The lowest score is in March (19), when days are cool at around 5°C.

Seasons and rain

The seasons are sharply different: a August day (24°C) is about 25 degrees warmer than a January day (−1°C). Nights typically drop below freezing in November–April. July is the wettest month with 226 mm and January the driest with 38 mm, out of about 1,460 mm a year.

Daylight

Daylight lasts from about 9.5 hours in December to 14.5 hours in June. Pilatus Tateshina Snow Resort lies about 1,800 m above sea level, which makes it roughly 12 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. Pilatus Tateshina Snow 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, Pilatus Tateshina Snow Resort is the 28th coolest over the year and the 54th driest. In August, when Pilatus Tateshina Snow Resort scores 48, Karuizawa Prince Hotel Ski Resort (43 km away) scores 46 and Kazawa Snow Area (46 km away) scores 47. See where to go in August for the best destinations that month.