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Nozawa Onsen in January

Cold and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Nozawa Onsen is cold: highs near 37°F, lows near 22°F. Rain or snow falls on about six days a week, and the days lengthen by 25 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Nozawa Onsen is cold: highs near 3°C, lows near -6°C. Rain or snow falls on about six days a week, and the days lengthen by 25 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
37°F3°Caverage
Low
22°F-6°Caverage
Wet days
6a week · 83% of days
Daylight
9h 56mon average

Is January a good time to visit Nozawa Onsen?

January sits outside Nozawa Onsen's best months, which run in two parts: May to July, or September to October. Expect cold days and rain or snow on about six 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 January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 37°F in January, against 37°F to 84°F through the year.Highs near 3°C in January, against 3°C to 29°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

83% of days in January, against 49% to 83% through the year.

Cloud cover

72% cover in January, against 58% to 72% through the year.

Daylight

9h 56m in January, against 9h 40m to 14h 39m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. December43°6°low 26°low -3°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  2. January37°3°low 22°low -6°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  3. February38°3°low 22°low -6°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Nozawa Onsen sits, in January

Asia/Tokyo
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
6:58 AMsets 4:51 PM
Above the sea
600 mlow-lying
Latitude
36.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Karuizawa65 km south

The land around Nozawa Onsen, shaded by its typical high in January, 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 January

high · low · wet days
See January on the planning mapThe whole year in Nozawa Onsen

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Nozawa Onsen. 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.