Best time to visit Salzburger Sportwelt

The climate in Salzburger Sportwelt through the year

When to go

No month in Salzburger Sportwelt reaches a good score (65 or more) with the default preferences. August comes closest with 57 out of 100. A typical August day reaches 20°C and the night falls to 11°C, with rain on about 18 days and clear sky 42 % of the time. June and July are a fair alternative, with scores of 51–56. The lowest score is in December (22), 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 (0°C). Nights typically drop below freezing in November–March. July is the wettest month with 191 mm and February the driest with 80 mm, out of about 1,560 mm a year. Snow typically lies on the ground in November–April, deepest in February (about 60 cm).

Daylight

Daylight lasts from about 8.5 hours in December to 16 hours in June. Salzburger Sportwelt lies about 1,200 m above sea level, which makes it roughly 8 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. Salzburger Sportwelt 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 and February

How it compares

Of the 79 destinations Eddigo covers in Austria, Salzburger Sportwelt is the 29th warmest over the year and the 14th wettest. In August, when Salzburger Sportwelt scores 57, Ski-Area Hochkönig (29 km away) scores 49 and Postalm (33 km away) scores 58. See where to go in August for the best destinations that month.