Top 12 of 25 skiing destinations scored for June · ERA5 reanalysis 2015-2024 · updated monthly
June opens the season at Portillo and closes it at Mammoth Mountain, Val Thorens and Tignes. Of the 25 skiing destinations in the dataset, 4 score 68 or better in June and 1 reach the prime band above 80, one of the leaner months of the year.
Portillo leads on 81 at 145 cm base. Across the top ten the spread is Europe (4), South America (3), Oceania (2), North America (1). The month is split across both hemispheres — 5 of the ten best are south of the equator — so the choice is as much about flight time as about score.
Ranked by score out of 100. Each strip shows all twelve months, so you can see whether June is the spot's peak or its shoulder.
1. Portillo Valparaíso, Chile
81
Prime
Monthly score for Portillo, January to December. June is highlighted.
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70
10
0%days with working wind
4 knmean daily max wind
106 cmsnowfall this month
-1.2 °Cair temperature
Jun-Novbest run of months
Portillo works in June — 81 against a peak of 90 in September — so you are inside the season without being at the top of it. The melt-adjusted base reaches 145 cm, carried through from earlier snowfall rather than counted from this month's alone. It is also the wet end of the year: 153 mm against a monthly average of 74 mm. Conditions are still building, so later in the season scores higher.
Monthly score for Valle Nevado, January to December. June is highlighted.
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79
84
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90
78
32
0%days with working wind
4 knmean daily max wind
91 cmsnowfall this month
-3.8 °Cair temperature
Jun-Novbest run of months
Valle Nevado works in June — 79 against a peak of 90 in October — so you are inside the season without being at the top of it. The melt-adjusted base reaches 143 cm, carried through from earlier snowfall rather than counted from this month's alone. It is also the wet end of the year: 134 mm against a monthly average of 67 mm. Conditions are still building, so later in the season scores higher.
Monthly score for Cerro Catedral, January to December. June is highlighted.
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71
85
89
84
68
10
10
0%days with working wind
6 knmean daily max wind
98 cmsnowfall this month
1.8 °Cair temperature
Jun-Octbest run of months
Cerro Catedral works in June — 71 against a peak of 89 in August — so you are inside the season without being at the top of it. The melt-adjusted base reaches 89 cm, carried through from earlier snowfall rather than counted from this month's alone. It is also the wet end of the year: 239 mm against a monthly average of 114 mm. Conditions are still building, so later in the season scores higher.
Monthly score for Mammoth Mountain, January to December. June is highlighted.
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91
68
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10
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22
59
79
13%days with working wind
9 knmean daily max wind
2 cmsnowfall this month
6.4 °Cair temperature
Dec-Junbest run of months
Mammoth Mountain works in June — 68 against a peak of 91 in May — so you are inside the season without being at the top of it. The melt-adjusted base is 194 cm, but a mean temperature of 6.4 °C means spring snow that softens by afternoon. It is one of the drier months, at 21 mm. The season is turning over here — the months before this one score better.
Monthly score for Thredbo, January to December. June is highlighted.
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40
65
72
54
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10
8%days with working wind
7 knmean daily max wind
30 cmsnowfall this month
1.7 °Cair temperature
Augbest run of months
June is a shoulder month here: 40, where August reaches 72. The melt-adjusted base reaches 31 cm, carried through from earlier snowfall rather than counted from this month's alone. Conditions are still building, so later in the season scores higher. The engine's note for the month: no base.
Monthly score for Val Thorens, January to December. June is highlighted.
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87
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89
38
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29
70
84
0%days with working wind
5 knmean daily max wind
4 cmsnowfall this month
8.3 °Cair temperature
Nov-Maybest run of months
June is a shoulder month here: 38, where April reaches 90. The melt-adjusted base is 70 cm, but a mean temperature of 8.3 °C means spring snow that softens by afternoon. The season is turning over here — the months before this one score better. The engine's note for the month: too warm.
Monthly score for Cardrona, January to December. June is highlighted.
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48
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0%days with working wind
5 knmean daily max wind
27 cmsnowfall this month
3.0 °Cair temperature
—best run of months
June is a shoulder month here: 30, where August reaches 61. The melt-adjusted base is 23 cm, but a mean temperature of 3.0 °C means spring snow that softens by afternoon. Conditions are still building, so later in the season scores higher. The engine's note for the month: no base.
Monthly score for Tignes, January to December. June is highlighted.
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91
85
22
10
10
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20
74
86
0%days with working wind
4 knmean daily max wind
3 cmsnowfall this month
9.4 °Cair temperature
Nov-Maybest run of months
June is a shoulder month here: 22, where April reaches 91. The melt-adjusted base is 54 cm, but a mean temperature of 9.4 °C means spring snow that softens by afternoon. The season is turning over here — the months before this one score better. The engine's note for the month: too warm.
Monthly score for Baqueira Beret, January to December. June is highlighted.
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87
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68
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37
70
0%days with working wind
6 knmean daily max wind
3 cmsnowfall this month
13.9 °Cair temperature
Dec-Aprbest run of months
June is a shoulder month here: 10, where February reaches 87. The melt-adjusted base is 5 cm, but a mean temperature of 13.9 °C means spring snow that softens by afternoon. The engine's note for the month: too warm.
Monthly score for La Molina, January to December. June is highlighted.
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21
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24
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6 knmean daily max wind
0 cmsnowfall this month
13.6 °Cair temperature
—best run of months
June is a shoulder month here: 10, where February reaches 50. The melt-adjusted base is 1 cm, but a mean temperature of 13.6 °C means spring snow that softens by afternoon. The engine's note for the month: too warm.
Monthly score for Chamonix, January to December. June is highlighted.
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79
44
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10
33
74
0%days with working wind
4 knmean daily max wind
0 cmsnowfall this month
15.8 °Cair temperature
Dec-Marbest run of months
June is a shoulder month here: 10, where February reaches 89. The melt-adjusted base is 2 cm, but a mean temperature of 15.8 °C means spring snow that softens by afternoon. The engine's note for the month: too warm.
Monthly score for St. Anton, January to December. June is highlighted.
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45
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10
64
83
0%days with working wind
5 knmean daily max wind
6 cmsnowfall this month
12.9 °Cair temperature
Dec-Aprbest run of months
June is a shoulder month here: 10, where March reaches 91. The melt-adjusted base is 13 cm, but a mean temperature of 12.9 °C means spring snow that softens by afternoon. The engine's note for the month: too warm.
Portillo, Chile scores highest in June at 81/100, based on ten years of ERA5 climatology scored for skiing. Its best run of months is Jun-Nov.
Is June a good month to ski?
June is one of the harder months — only 1 destinations reach the prime band, and the shoulder options below are worth reading before booking.
These scores are climatology, not a forecast. They are computed from ten years of
ERA5 reanalysis (2015-2024) and answer which month and which spot to book — not
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