Best time to visit Lachtal

The climate in Lachtal through the year

When to go

No month in Lachtal reaches a good score (65 or more) with the default preferences. July comes closest with 55 out of 100. A typical July day reaches 19°C and the night falls to 8°C, with rain on about 17 days and clear sky 46 % of the time. August is a fair alternative, with scores of 53. The lowest score is in May (19), when rain falls on about 18 days.

Seasons and rain

The seasons are sharply different: a July day (19°C) is about 22 degrees warmer than a January day (−2°C). Nights typically drop below freezing in November–April. August is the wettest month with 195 mm and February the driest with 84 mm, out of about 1,610 mm a year. Snow typically lies on the ground in December–April, deepest in March (about 50 cm).

Daylight

Daylight lasts from about 8.5 hours in December to 16 hours in June. Lachtal lies about 1,550 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. Lachtal scores 65 or more in these months:

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

How it compares

Of the 79 destinations Eddigo covers in Austria, Lachtal is the 17th coolest over the year and the 7th wettest. In July, when Lachtal scores 55, Frauenalpe (27 km away) scores 58 and Kreischberg (32 km away) scores 49. In May, when Lachtal is at its lowest, Lido di Pomposa in Italy scores 70 and lies 330 km away. See where to go in July for the best destinations that month.