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Which trail suits your trip? Pick a month for typical weather, or your own dates for the forecast, rated at each trail's lowest and highest point. The best match comes first; the table below has the details. For winter trips, start with hiking in Europe in winter.

Best in October

Good no real weather drawbackMixed walkable, with one drawbackPoor a serious drawback, or out of season
How the ratings work
Good
Typical weather suits walking: no snow expected at the high point, not hot low down or cold up high, and under 200 mm of rain in the month.
Mixed
One drawback in a typical year: snow or ice possible up high, a warm or cool month, or a wet one (200 mm or more).
Poor
Snow likely at the high point, heat of 33 °C or more low down, days below 3 °C up high, or outside the published season.

From typical weather: the 1991–2020 averages at the trail's lowest and highest point, corrected for height. A published season (a park that closes, huts that open) overrides the weather. A rating is a planning aid for the area, not a report of the trail: check the official warnings before you go.

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    Kumano Kodo Nakahechi Japan
    Mixed
    1. January: Poor
    2. February: Poor
    3. March: Good
    4. April: Good
    5. May: Good
    6. June: Poor
    7. July: Poor
    8. August: Poor
    9. September: Poor
    10. October: Mixed
    11. November: Good
    12. December: Poor

    0 of 5 stages rated good on typical weather. Wet on 5 stages.

    • 12–23 °C(Typical: a night at the high point to a day at the low point)
    • 232 mm rain(Rain in a typical month, at the wetter end)
    • 11 h 24(Daylight in the middle of the month)
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Trail
Kumano Kodo Nakahechi
Japan
At a glance
Weather in October Mixed 0 of 5 stages rated good on typical weather. Wet on 5 stages.
Typical weather
Temperature, lowest point 23° by day, 16° at night at 85 m
Temperature, highest point 19° by day, 12° at night at 700 m
Rain in a typical month 232 mm
Snow at the high point Typically snow-free (model) High point 700 m
Daylight mid-month 11 h 24 Sunrise 06:02, sunset 17:25
The trail
Kind of trip Point to point in 5 stages
Length 35.9 km
Total climb +1,906 m
Highest point 700 m
Days to allow 2 walking, 1 fast Suggested for 3 days; shorter trips in the planner
Practical
Places to sleep 4 towns and villages Read 27 September 2026
Official status and season Open all year; spring and autumn are the popular seasons. Summer is hot, humid and wet, and typhoons bring floods and landslides: check the weather and ask your inn each morning. From late December to February the passes can have frost and snow. Days are short in winter: aim to arrive by 15:00 to 17:00.
Rules and permits –
Getting there Kii-Tanabe to Takijiri; Back from Hongu
Official weather warnings No European warning service linked
Sources Climate: TerraClimate 1991–2020 monthly averages; Forecast: Open-Meteo

Where they are

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Ratings are planning aids from typical weather or the forecast, not statements about trail conditions. Typical weather: TerraClimate 1991–2020 at each trail's lowest and highest point, corrected for height, with the Pico do Areeiro station on the Madeira peaks. Stays and status come from each guide's dated records.