Best time to visit Salzstiegl

The climate in Salzstiegl through the year

When to go

No month in Salzstiegl reaches a good score (65 or more) with the default preferences. July comes closest with 62 out of 100. A typical July day reaches 20°C and the night falls to 8°C, with rain on about 16 days and clear sky 50 % of the time. June and August are a fair alternative, with scores of 52–59. The lowest score is in May (27), when rain falls on about 17 days.

Seasons and rain

The seasons are sharply different: a July day (20°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 167 mm and January the driest with 67 mm, out of about 1,380 mm a year. Snow typically lies on the ground in January–March, deepest in February (about 10 cm).

Daylight

Daylight lasts from about 8.5 hours in December to 16 hours in June. Salzstiegl lies about 1,450 m above sea level, which makes it roughly 9 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. Salzstiegl scores 65 or more in these months:

• City break (15–25 °C): September, up to 68
• Hiking (10–22 °C): September and October, up to 66
• Cooler weather (10–20 °C): April–October, up to 86

How it compares

Of the 79 destinations Eddigo covers in Austria, Salzstiegl is the 24th coolest over the year and the 28th wettest. In July, when Salzstiegl scores 62, Graz (43 km away) scores 66 and Lachtal (44 km away) scores 55. In May, when Salzstiegl is at its lowest, Normafa in Hungary scores 70 and lies 310 km away. See where to go in July for the best destinations that month.