Best time to visit Loferer Alm

The climate in Loferer Alm through the year

When to go

No month in Loferer Alm reaches a good score (65 or more) with the default preferences. August comes closest with 57 out of 100. A typical August day reaches 21°C and the night falls to 10°C, with rain on about 18 days and clear sky 43 % of the time. June and July are a fair alternative, with scores of 52–56. The lowest score is in January (19), when days are cool at around 1°C.

Seasons and rain

The seasons are sharply different: a July day (21°C) is about 20 degrees warmer than a January day (1°C). Nights typically drop below freezing in November–March. August is the wettest month with 159 mm and February the driest with 61 mm, out of about 1,230 mm a year. Snow typically lies on the ground in December–March, deepest in February (about 40 cm).

Daylight

Daylight lasts from about 8.5 hours in December to 16 hours in June. Loferer Alm lies about 1,150 m above sea level, which makes it roughly 7 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. Loferer Alm scores 65 or more in these months:

• City break (15–25 °C): September, up to 65
• Cooler weather (10–20 °C): March–November, up to 84
• Skiing: snow cover and cold enough in February

How it compares

Of the 79 destinations Eddigo covers in Austria, Loferer Alm is the 25th warmest over the year and the 38th wettest. In August, when Loferer Alm scores 57, Kitzbühel (27 km away) scores 56 and Zell am See (34 km away) scores 55. See where to go in August for the best destinations that month.