Climate · Niseko

Niseko in October

Mild and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Niseko is mild: highs near 60°F, lows near 44°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 59 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Niseko is mild: highs near 16°C, lows near 7°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 59 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
60°F16°Caverage
Low
44°F7°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 49% of days
Daylight
10h 55mon average

Is October a good time to visit Niseko?


October sits outside Niseko's best months, which run from June to September. Expect mild days and rain on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How October sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 60°F in October, against 27°F to 78°F through the year.Highs near 16°C in October, against -3°C to 26°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

49% of days in October, against 41% to 75% through the year.

Cloud cover

46% cover in October, against 46% to 76% through the year.

Daylight

10h 55m in October, against 9h 05m to 15h 17m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with October shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

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  1. September71°22°low 55°low 13°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. October60°16°low 44°low 7°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. November46°8°low 31°low -1°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Niseko sits, in October

Asia/Tokyo

this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
5:49 AMsets 4:57 PM
Above the sea
325 mlow-lying
Latitude
42.8°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Kiroro39 km north-east

The land around Niseko, shaded by its typical high in October, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Japan in October

high · low · wet days

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Niseko. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.