Best time to visit Yamadaboku Wild Snow Park

The climate in Yamadaboku Wild Snow Park through the year

When to go

No month in Yamadaboku Wild 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 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 (−1°C). Nights typically drop below freezing in November–April. July is the wettest month with 217 mm and February the driest with 58 mm, out of about 1,460 mm a year. Snow typically lies on the ground in January–March, deepest in February (about 40 cm).

Sea and daylight

The sea is 22°C or warmer in July–October, peaking at 28°C in August. It is coldest in March (10°C). Daylight lasts from about 9.5 hours in December to 14.5 hours in June. Yamadaboku Wild Snow Park lies about 1,350 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. Yamadaboku Wild Snow Park scores 65 or more in these months:

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

How it compares

Of the 191 destinations Eddigo covers in Japan, Yamadaboku Wild Snow Park is the 42nd coolest over the year and the 51st driest. In June, when Yamadaboku Wild Snow Park scores 50, Madarao Kōgen Ski Resort (26 km away) scores 50 and Nozawa Onsen (27 km away) scores 50. See where to go in June for the best destinations that month.