Best time to visit Seiser Alm

The climate in Seiser Alm through the year

When to go

No month in Seiser Alm reaches a good score (65 or more) with the default preferences. July comes closest with 57 out of 100. A typical July day reaches 20°C and the night falls to 8°C, with rain on about 17 days and clear sky 41 % of the time. August is a fair alternative, with scores of 52. 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 (20°C) is about 21 degrees warmer than a January day (−1°C). Nights typically drop below freezing in November–April. August is the wettest month with 127 mm and February the driest with 40 mm, out of about 960 mm a year. Snow typically lies on the ground in December–April, deepest in February (about 40 cm).

Daylight

Daylight lasts from about 8.5 hours in December to 16 hours in June. Seiser Alm lies about 1,850 m above sea level, which makes it roughly 12 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. Seiser Alm scores 65 or more in these months:

• Hiking (10–22 °C): October, up to 66
• Cooler weather (10–20 °C): April–October, up to 86
• Skiing: snow cover and cold enough in February

How it compares

Of the 61 destinations Eddigo covers in Italy, Seiser Alm is the 11th coolest over the year and the 23rd wettest. It has 0 months with a good score, against 5 for a typical destination in the country. In July, when Seiser Alm scores 57, Kronplatz (33 km away) scores 50 and Meran 2000 (33 km away) scores 56. In May, when Seiser Alm is at its lowest, Florence scores 71 and lies 310 km away. See where to go in July for the best destinations that month.