Best time to visit Kitzbühel Alps

The climate in Kitzbühel Alps through the year

When to go

No month in Kitzbühel Alps reaches a good score (65 or more) with the default preferences. July comes closest with 48 out of 100. A typical July day reaches 18°C and the night falls to 9°C, with rain on about 19 days and clear sky 41 % of the time. The lowest score is in May (15), when days are cool at around 12°C.

Seasons and rain

The seasons are sharply different: a July day (18°C) is about 19 degrees warmer than a January day (−1°C). Nights typically drop below freezing in November–April. August is the wettest month with 156 mm and February the driest with 62 mm, out of about 1,230 mm a year. Snow typically lies on the ground in November–May, deepest in February (about 60 cm).

Daylight

Daylight lasts from about 8.5 hours in December to 16 hours in June. Kitzbühel Alps lies about 1,600 m above sea level, which makes it roughly 10 degrees cooler than the lowlands around it.

By type of trip

The best months change with what you want to do. Each of Eddigo’s trip types has its own preferred daytime temperature and its own weights for rain, humidity and sun. Kitzbühel Alps scores 65 or more in these months:

• Cooler weather (10–20 °C): April–October, up to 84
• Skiing: snow cover and cold enough in December–February

How it compares

Of the 79 destinations Eddigo covers in Austria, Kitzbühel Alps is the 22nd coolest over the year and the 39th wettest. In July, when Kitzbühel Alps scores 48, Zillertal Arena (26 km away) scores 41 and Kaprun Kitzsteinhorn Maiskogel (30 km away) scores 45. In May, when Kitzbühel Alps is at its lowest, Lido di Pomposa in Italy scores 70 and lies 290 km away. See where to go in July for the best destinations that month.