Region · Japan
Where to stay in Hokkaido
This guide covers 17 destinations in Hokkaido, a first-level administrative division of Japan, with 207 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Sapporo, Asahikawa and Hakodate. Across its destinations, June is the month comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Sapporo Okadama Airport (OKD).
- Destinations in this guide
- 17
- Places to stay
- 207
- Comfortable in the most places
- June
- Main airport
- OKDSapporo Okadama Airport
- Currency
- JPYyen
- Time zone
- Asia/Tokyo
Destinations
Destinations in Hokkaido
Every destination in this guide in Hokkaido, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sapporo | 1,959,313 | 78 | OKD · 7 km |
| Hakodate | 251,891 | 28 | HKD · 8 km |
| Otaru | 102,652 | 20 | OKD · 32 km |
| Asahikawa | 331,392 | 17 | AKJ · 13 km |
| Muroran | 81,580 | 17 | HKD · 62 km |
| Obihiro | 165,684 | 11 | OBO · 21 km |
| Tomakomai | 170,223 | 6 | CTS · 17 km |
| Chitose | 97,945 | 6 | CTS · 6 km |
| Abashiri | 34,640 | 6 | MMB · 18 km |
| Kushiro | 165,699 | 5 | KUH · 17 km |
| Ishikari | 58,284 | 4 | OKD · 8 km |
| Eniwa | 70,102 | 3 | CTS · 15 km |
| Hokuto | 45,661 | 3 | HKD · 15 km |
| Kitami | 115,441 | 2 | MMB · 23 km |
| Ebetsu | 119,819 | 1 | OKD · 13 km |
| Iwamizawa | 79,361 | OKD · 33 km | |
| Kitahiroshima | 58,125 | OKD · 21 km |
Where to stay
Places to stay in Hokkaido
14 places to stay in Hokkaido from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
Where to stay
More hotels in Hokkaido
193 hotels in Hokkaido recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed; the 30 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
When to go
Best time to visit Hokkaido
From the climate of 17 destinations in Hokkaido with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The month comfortable in the most places: June.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 17 | -2 °C | 76 mm |
| February | 0 of 17 | -1 °C | 61 mm |
| March | 0 of 17 | 3 °C | 59 mm |
| April | 0 of 17 | 10 °C | 74 mm |
| May | 0 of 17 | 15 °C | 88 mm |
| June | 6 of 17 | 19 °C | 90 mm |
| July | 0 of 17 | 23 °C | 123 mm |
| August | 0 of 17 | 25 °C | 160 mm |
| September | 0 of 17 | 22 °C | 150 mm |
| October | 0 of 17 | 15 °C | 116 mm |
| November | 0 of 17 | 8 °C | 106 mm |
| December | 0 of 17 | 1 °C | 90 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Hokkaido
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Hokkaido name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
OKD · Sapporo Okadama Airport
CTS · New Chitose Airport
HKD · Hakodate Airport
MMB · Memanbetsu Airport
AKJ · Asahikawa Airport
KUH · Kushiro Airport
OBO · Tokachi-Obihiro Airport
MBE · Monbetsu Airport
SHB · Nakashibetsu Airport
OIR · Okushiri Airport
AOJ · Aomori Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Hokkaido, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Japan
Nearby
Regions near Hokkaido
Other regions of Japan with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); places to stay and guest scores from each operator's own public pages; further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.