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Weekly Snow News for Japan, updated 21 January 2026: Japan leads global snowfall again, with 1m (40") in 72 hours on Hokkaido and heavy, cold powder spreading into Honshu.
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Les Contamines at 2487 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 12 pm (local time) / 21 Jan 2026
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max °C | -2 | -2 | -4 | -4 | -5 | -5 | -6 | -6 | -7 | -6 | -6 | -8 | -10 | -9 | -9 | -9 | -7 | -2 |
min °C | -3 | -3 | -5 | -4 | -6 | -6 | -6 | -7 | -7 | -7 | -8 | -9 | -10 | -10 | -12 | -11 | -7 | -5 |
-3 | -6 | -5 | -4 | -6 | -8 | -10 | -11 | -12 | -11 | -12 | -14 | -15 | -15 | -16 | -11 | -10 | -8 | |
48 | 46 | 42 | 43 | 67 | 86 | 93 | 88 | 74 | 73 | 74 | 96 | 89 | 73 | 92 | 72 | 36 | 72 | |
1650 | 2000 | 750 | 1600 | 1650 | 1150 | 1250 | 1550 | 550 | 1050 | 1450 | 1050 | 1050 | 1100 | 900 | 550 | 1150 | 1450 | |
 | 8:06 | — | — | 8:04 | — | — | 8:03 | — | — | 8:03 | — | — | 8:02 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — |
 | — | 5:22 | — | — | 5:22 | — | — | 5:24 | — | — | 5:25 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:29 | — |
Next 0-3 days weather summary:
Mostly dry. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -2°C on Wed morning, min -7°C on Fri afternoon). Wind will be generally light.
Next 4-6 days weather summary:
A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sat night. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -2°C on Mon night, min -12°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.
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Some icy patches. Light clouds dotting the sky. from Praz De Lys Sommand
Les Contamines Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | 175 cm |
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| Bottom snow depth: | 15 cm |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | — |
| Last snowfall: | 11 Jan 2026 |
| Snow Alerts | Create Alert |
Other resorts in France are reporting: powder (9) / good piste (19)
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Week 3 of January has on average:
0.4 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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2.6 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
1.4 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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The above table gives the weather forecast for Les Contamines at the specific elevation of 2487 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Les Contamines. To access the weather forecasts for the other elevations, use the tab navigation above the table. For a wider view of the weather, check out the Weather Map of France.
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Visitor Reviews of Les Contamines
Overall 4.1 Based on 24 votes and 21 reviews
- Snowsure
- Variety of pistes
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- Martin from United Kingdom writes:
I've been coming here for years and years (the last 5 years for Christmas week with my wife and 3 teenage kids). We all love it. It's been said on most of the other reviews but I'll say it again; it's in a beautiful setting, the locals are friendly, the shops and bars are great, the skiing is absolutely fine if you're anything but an expert skier looking for hard blacks. The resort is pretty snow-sure, but Christmas week we were very unlucky last year and hardly had anything (although it dumped big time on the day we checked out!). This year isn't looking too good at the moment either, but that's the same everywhere across the Alps at the moment. But even if the snow is no good, Les C is close enough to be able to visit Chamonix easily and other slightly higher resort if necessary. Les Contamines also now has a new swimming pool which is very pleasant. As a family ski hol, you can't really go too wrong.
Visitor Reviews of Les Contamines
Martin from United Kingdom writes:
I've been coming here for years and years (the last 5 years for Christmas week with my wife and 3 teenage kids). We all love it. It's been said on most of the other reviews but I'll say it again; it's in a beautiful setting, the locals are friendly, the shops and bars are great, the skiing is absolutely fine if you're anything but an expert skier looking for hard blacks.
The resort is pretty snow-sure, but Christmas week we were very unlucky last year and hardly had anything (although it dumped big time on the day we checked out!). This year isn't looking too good at the moment either, but that's the same everywhere across the Alps at the moment. But even if the snow is no good, Les C is close enough to be able to visit Chamonix easily and other slightly higher resort if necessary. Les Contamines also now has a new swimming pool which is very pleasant.
As a family ski hol, you can't really go too wrong.
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