Best time to visit Sun meadow

The climate in Sun meadow through the year

When to go

No month in Sun meadow 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 19 % of the time. September is a fair alternative, with scores of 50. The lowest score is in March (20), when days are cool at around 6°C.

Seasons and rain

The seasons are sharply different: a August day (25°C) is about 25 degrees warmer than a January day (0°C). Nights typically drop below freezing in November–March. July is the wettest month with 222 mm and January the driest with 37 mm, out of about 1,510 mm a year.

Daylight

Daylight lasts from about 9.5 hours in December to 14.5 hours in June. Sun meadow lies about 1,550 m above sea level, which makes it roughly 10 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. Sun meadow 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, Sun meadow is the 57th coolest over the year and the 65th driest. In June, when Sun meadow scores 50, Karuizawa Prince Hotel Ski Resort (48 km away) scores 50 and Komagane Ski Resort (53 km away) scores 50. See where to go in June for the best destinations that month.