Best time to visit Shirakabako Royal Hill

The climate in Shirakabako Royal Hill through the year

When to go

No month in Shirakabako Royal Hill reaches a good score (65 or more) with the default preferences. June comes closest with 50 out of 100. A typical June day reaches 21°C and the night falls to 11°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 January (19), when days are cool at around 1°C.

Seasons and rain

The seasons are sharply different: a August day (26°C) is about 25 degrees warmer than a January day (1°C). Nights typically drop below freezing in November–March. July is the wettest month with 229 mm and January the driest with 39 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. Shirakabako Royal Hill lies about 1,450 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. Shirakabako Royal Hill scores 65 or more in these months:

• Cooler weather (10–20 °C): March–June and September–November, up to 83

How it compares

Of the 191 destinations Eddigo covers in Japan, Shirakabako Royal Hill is the 71st coolest over the year and the 53rd driest. In June, when Shirakabako Royal Hill scores 50, Kazawa Snow Area (44 km away) scores 50 and Karuizawa Prince Hotel Ski Resort (45 km away) scores 50. See where to go in June for the best destinations that month.