Best time to visit Riesneralm

The climate in Riesneralm through the year

When to go

No month in Riesneralm reaches a good score (65 or more) with the default preferences. July comes closest with 53 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 45 % of the time. August is a fair alternative, with scores of 51. The lowest score is in May (17), 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 (−3°C). Nights typically drop below freezing in November–April. August is the wettest month with 196 mm and February the driest with 85 mm, out of about 1,610 mm a year. Snow typically lies on the ground in November–May, deepest in February (about 80 cm).

Daylight

Daylight lasts from about 8.5 hours in December to 16 hours in June. Riesneralm 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. Riesneralm 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–March

How it compares

Of the 79 destinations Eddigo covers in Austria, Riesneralm is the 16th coolest over the year and the 5th wettest. In July, when Riesneralm scores 53, Tauplitzalm (26 km away) scores 57 and Kaiserau (32 km away) scores 61. In May, when Riesneralm 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.