Best time to visit Ski-Area Hochkönig

The climate in Ski-Area Hochkönig through the year

When to go

No month in Ski-Area Hochkönig reaches a good score (65 or more) with the default preferences. July comes closest with 50 out of 100. A typical July day reaches 19°C and the night falls to 9°C, with rain on about 18 days and clear sky 41 % of the time. The lowest score is in May (17), when rain falls on about 19 days.

Seasons and rain

The seasons are sharply different: a July day (19°C) is about 19 degrees warmer than a January day (−1°C). Nights typically drop below freezing in November–April. August is the wettest month with 177 mm and February the driest with 72 mm, out of about 1,420 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. Ski-Area Hochkönig lies about 1,500 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. Ski-Area Hochkönig 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, Ski-Area Hochkönig is the 26th coolest over the year and the 25th wettest. In July, when Ski-Area Hochkönig scores 50, Skicircus Saalbach-Hinterglemm/Leogang (28 km away) scores 54 and Skizentrum Angertal (28 km away) scores 45. In May, when Ski-Area Hochkönig is at its lowest, Lido di Pomposa in Italy scores 70 and lies 300 km away. See where to go in July for the best destinations that month.