Best time to visit Postalm

The climate in Postalm through the year

When to go

No month in Postalm reaches a good score (65 or more) with the default preferences. August comes closest with 58 out of 100. A typical August day reaches 21°C and the night falls to 11°C, with rain on about 17 days and clear sky 44 % of the time. June–July and September are a fair alternative, with scores of 50–57. The lowest score is in January (21), when days are cool at around 1°C.

Seasons and rain

The seasons are sharply different: a July day (22°C) is about 21 degrees warmer than a January day (1°C). Nights typically drop below freezing in November–March. July is the wettest month with 193 mm and February the driest with 79 mm, out of about 1,520 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. Postalm lies about 1,050 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. Postalm 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 January and February

How it compares

Of the 79 destinations Eddigo covers in Austria, Postalm is the 23rd warmest over the year and the 18th wettest. In August, when Postalm scores 58, Ski-Area Filzmoos (25 km away) scores 57 and Ski amadé (30 km away) scores 57. See where to go in August for the best destinations that month.