Hakuba, Japan
mountain climate · nature · medium crowds · mid prices
Not ranked as a sun destination — shown for reference.
There are 83 mountain destinations in our catalog, and Hakuba's numbers hold their own: an 80/100 sun score at its August peak, when rain interrupts roughly 68% of days. For an outdoors-led escape in mountain country, the data is a good starting point.
August is the heat peak, averaging 28°C highs; January is the cool end, when nights dip to around -5°C. Rain is most likely in July, when about 73% of days see meaningful rainfall, and least likely in November (46%). If 24°C is your bar for proper warmth, count on July–August.
Season by season (on the northern calendar), spring brings 15°C highs with 50% rain-day odds, summer 26°C at 66%, autumn 18°C at 53%, and winter 4°C at 66%. Summer wins on the numbers and winter loses them; everything in between is a trade-off between warmth and crowds.
Best months to visit Hakuba
Our month-by-month scoring puts August first (80/100), with May (78) and June (77) close behind. Anything in May–September clears our 70-point reliability bar. Skip December if sunshine is the point — it bottoms out at 39/100.
Put against its 82 mountain peers in August, it lands below the group median for sunshine, ahead of 32% of them.
Month-by-month breakdown for Hakuba → · More destinations for August →
The live forecast backs this up: of the next 16 days, 3 look mostly clear and 9 carry meaningful rain risk, in a 0–17°C band. Today's cached sun score is 51/100.
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Flights from Europe
| From | Distance | Estimated non-stop time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brussels (BRU) | 9,274 km | ~12 h | Find flights → |
| Amsterdam (AMS) | 9,115 km | ~12 h | Find flights → |
| London (LON) | 9,389 km | ~12 h 15 | Find flights → |
| Paris (PAR) | 9,537 km | ~12 h 30 | Find flights → |
| Frankfurt (FRA) | 9,153 km | ~12 h | Find flights → |
Estimates from distance; actual schedules may require a connection.
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Next 16 days
Live forecast, refreshed twice daily. Forecasts updated 29 Oct, 06:35 CET.
| Date | High / low | Cloud | Rain odds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 29 Oct | 17° / 2° | 21% | 0% |
| Fri 30 Oct | 15° / 9° | 60% | 80% |
| Sat 31 Oct | 15° / 8° | 25% | 94% |
| Sun 1 Nov | 12° / 6° | 66% | 34% |
| Mon 2 Nov | 12° / 10° | 98% | 85% |
| Tue 3 Nov | 16° / 8° | 72% | 47% |
| Wed 4 Nov | 13° / 5° | 94% | 7% |
| Thu 5 Nov | 17° / 6° | 49% | 42% |
| Fri 6 Nov | 16° / 5° | 54% | 56% |
| Sat 7 Nov | 13° / 4° | 41% | 58% |
| Sun 8 Nov | 15° / 4° | 59% | 35% |
| Mon 9 Nov | 10° / 0° | 48% | 43% |
| Tue 10 Nov | 8° / 0° | 77% | 38% |
| Wed 11 Nov | 12° / 0° | 49% | 42% |
| Thu 12 Nov | 16° / 1° | 72% | 25% |
| Fri 13 Nov | 15° / 7° | 31% | 15% |
Hakuba climate, month by month
2015–2024 averages (August highlighted as the best month).
| Month | Day / night °C | Cloud | Rain-day odds | Sun score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.4° / -5.5° | 79% | 70% | 41 |
| February | 3.6° / -5.2° | 74.7% | 59.7% | 45 |
| March | 8.3° / -1.6° | 66.3% | 50.7% | 48 |
| April | 15.2° / 3.4° | 64.6% | 51% | 53 |
| May | 20.4° / 8.8° | 67.8% | 47.4% | 78 |
| June | 23.3° / 13.6° | 75.9% | 58% | 77 |
| July | 27° / 18.3° | 75% | 72.9% | 75 |
| August | 27.8° / 19.2° | 70.8% | 67.7% | 80 |
| September | 23.7° / 15.6° | 73.3% | 62.3% | 73 |
| October | 17.1° / 8.8° | 69.9% | 52% | 59 |
| November | 11.9° / 2.9° | 63.5% | 46% | 48 |
| December | 5.5° / -2.9° | 76.2% | 67% | 39 |
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