Furano Snow Forecast
Early-season weather is the story at Furano right now. The forecast is getting interesting, with 12 cm due over the next 3 days and the heaviest falls tomorrow night. It's borderline low down, so the higher slopes get the good stuff.
Snow Trend
24 Hour Forecast
10 day forecast
A typical season at Furano
Furano is outside its usual snow season right now.
A typical season here runs November to April, peaking in December, with around 9m of snow in total.
- Average season
- ~9m of snow
- Snowiest month
- December (200–340cm)
- Usual season
- November to April, peaking in December
- Base to summit
- 235m – 1074m (839m vertical)
That makes Furano the 16th snowiest of 33 Hokkaido resorts we have reviewed.
Month by month
Estimated cumulative fresh snowfall at major on-mountain ski areas; actual totals vary substantially by resort, elevation, measurement location, and season.
Forecast tips for Furano
Headline snowfall numbers read smaller here than at the coastal Hokkaido resorts, and that is worth internalising before reading the rest of the page. Sitting inland and east of the main storm track means a 5 to 10 cm overnight often skis like 20 anywhere else; the snow is cold and the base stays dry between storms. The variable is the morning low. If the forecast shows minus 10 or colder at the base with light winds, even blue-sky days will hold soft snow in trees and on shaded aspects. Worry less about the storm headline and more about whether the cold high stays parked over central Hokkaido.
Nearby forecasts
The closest resort we've reviewed is Tokachidake, 25km NE, topping out at 2,077m. When a storm misses Furano, check these first.